A comparative analysis of documented contraceptive use among women aged 18-30 living with and without HIV in Alabama.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To compare contraception use in 18-30-year-old women living with and without HIV. We also explored factors associated with contraceptive use.

Study design

We reviewed outpatient medical records for women living with HIV aged 18-30 years seen in one of two university-affiliated HIV-subspecialty clinics in Birmingham, Alabama, between July 2015 and June 2016. We selected an age-matched sample of women living without HIV seen in one of two university-affiliated non-HIV primary care clinics as the comparator group and focused our analysis on women with a documented discussion of contraception in clinic. For women with more than one clinic visit during the 1-year study period, the most recent visit was used for analysis. Multinominal and binary logistic regressions wer

SUBMITTER: Hill S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9703375 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature