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


ABSTRACT: 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.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 testing and counseling (PITC) and FP services.At the 15-month follow-up interviews, more women in the intervention than comparison sites used implants (15 % vs. 3 %; p?

SUBMITTER: Kimani J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4643518 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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

Kimani James J   Warren Charlotte E CE   Abuya Timothy T   Ndwiga Charity C   Mayhew Susannah S   Vassall Anna A   Mutemwa Richard R   Askew Ian I  

BMC women's health 20151113


<h4>Background</h4>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.<h4>Methods</h4>Data were derived from samples of women who had been assigned to intervention or comparison groups, had given  ...[more]

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