Understanding the Effect of a Healthcare Provider-Led Family Planning Support Intervention on Contraception use and Pregnancy Desires among Postpartum Women Living with HIV in Southwestern Uganda.

ABSTRACT: Modern contraceptive prevalence among women living with HIV (WLWH) in Uganda is still low at 45%, and up to a third of women are likely to discontinue the method within the first year of initiation. This increases risks of unplanned pregnancies, perinatal HIV transmission and pregnancy complications. We aim to explore and explain the mechanism of effect of a family planning support intervention investigated in a randomized controlled trial conducted between October 2016 and June 2018 among 320 postpartum WLWH at a referral hospital in Southwestern Uganda that led to improved uptake, decreased contraception discontinuation and lowered pregnancy rates. Thirty WLWH and 10 of their primary sexual partners who participated in this trial were purposively selected and interviewed in the local lan

SUBMITTER: Atukunda EC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8782928 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature