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Understanding Pregnancy Intentions among Black Women Living with HIV in Two North American Cities and One African City.
- Source :
- Women (2673-4184); Jun2023, Vol. 3 Issue 2, p310-321, 12p
- Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- Despite increased access to and improvements in contraceptives, unintended pregnancy continues to be a problem globally and is associated with adverse outcomes for mothers and infants. This paper seeks to unravel the mediators of intended versus unintended pregnancies among Black women living with HIV. The paper draws on survey data from a broader multi-country mixed methods study that used a community-based participatory research approach to investigate the psychosocial experiences of Black mothers living with HIV. The study participants were Black mothers living with HIV drawn through venue-based sampling from Ottawa, Canada (n = 89), Port Harcourt, Nigeria (n = 400), and Miami, Florida, United States (n = 201). We used Hierarchical Binary Logistic Regression Modelling (HBLM) to estimate the independent associations of pregnancy intention (intended versus unintended) with blocks of predictor variables (sociodemographic, sociocultural, and psychosocial predictors) at alpha level of 0.5. Specifically, 44.2%, 67.3%, and 17.7% of the women had unintended pregnancies in Ottawa, Miami, and Port Harcourt, respectively. There were important results from the HBLM. The odds of intended relative to unintended pregnancies were (i) reduced in larger households (OR = 0.56, 95% CI = 0.36/0.87), but increased with employment (OR = 7.84, 95% CI = 1.52/40.54) and HIV knowledge (OR = 3.13, 95% CI = 1.42/6.90) in Ottawa; (ii) reduced with age (OR = 0.93, 95% CI = 0.88/0.98), but increased with marriage (OR = 2.90, 95% CI = 1.43/5.88) and social support (pregnancy (OR = 3.77, 95% CI = 1.98/7.19) in Port Harcourt; (iii) reduced with social support (OR = 0.95, 95% CI = 0.91/1.00) but increased with HIV status disclosure (OR = 1.73, 95% CI = 1.01/2.97) and the influence of specific referent (OR = 1.68, 95% CI = 1.13/2.52) in Miami-FL. The incidence of unintended pregnancy is more prevalent among Black women living with HIV in the North American cities relative to the African city. Also, unique combinations of sociodemographic, sociocultural, and psychosocial factors influence pregnancy intention in each city. This implies that policy and practices to address reproductive health needs of WLHIV must consider these contextual issues. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- PSYCHOLOGY of Black people
RESEARCH
CONFIDENCE intervals
CROSS-sectional method
RESEARCH methodology
EXPERIENCE
RISK assessment
PSYCHOLOGY of women
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
RESEARCH funding
ATTITUDES toward pregnancy
INTENTION
ODDS ratio
LOGISTIC regression analysis
AFRICAN Americans
PSYCHOLOGY of HIV-positive persons
UNPLANNED pregnancy
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 26734184
- Volume :
- 3
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Women (2673-4184)
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 164675679
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3390/women3020023