Brief Report: Incidence and Correlates of Pregnancy in HIV-Positive Kenyan Sex Workers.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The incidence of pregnancy in female sex workers (FSWs) living with HIV is not well characterized.

Methods

Current and former FSWs living with HIV and enrolled in a prospective cohort study in Mombasa, Kenya, were followed monthly to ascertain sexual behavior and underwent quarterly pregnancy testing. Pregnancies were considered planned, mistimed, or unwanted according to fertility desires and pregnancy intentions. Cox proportional hazards models were used to estimate hazard ratios (HRs) of the association between characteristics and incident pregnancy.

Results

Two hundred seventy-nine FSWs were eligible (October 2012-April 2017). Most women had a nonpaying, regular partner (83.2%, 232/279), were not using modern nonbarrier contraception (69.5%, 194/279),

SUBMITTER: Lokken EM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7885713 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature