Use of HIV counseling and testing and family planning services among postpartum women in Kenya: a multicentre, non-randomised trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Addressing the postnatal needs of new mothers is a neglected area of care throughout sub-Saharan Africa. The study compares the effectiveness of integrating HIV and family planning (FP) services into postnatal care (PNC) with stand-alone services on postpartum women's use of HIV counseling and testing and FP services in public health facilities in Kenya.

Methods

Data were derived from samples of women who had been assigned to intervention or comparison groups, had given birth within the previous 0-10 weeks and were receiving postnatal care, at baseline and 15 months later. Descriptive statistics describe the characteristics of the sample and multivariate logistic regression models assess the effect of the integrated model of care on use of provider-initiated testi

SUBMITTER: Kimani J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4643518 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature