Serving the contraceptive needs of HIV-positive women in Africa: the need for a health systems focus

Theresa Hoke

doi:10.1186/1748-5908-10-s1-a22

Abstract

Research goal Global policy supports service integration to ensure that the contraceptive needs of women using HIV/AIDS services are met. We conducted an intervention study in 5 public sector health facilities in South Africa to test a strategy for serving the reproductive health (RH) needs of postpartum PMTCT clients. We conducted another study in 8 public sector health facilities in Uganda to test an intervention for increasing dual method use (condom + another contraceptive) among clients receiving antiretroviral therapy. Both studies failed to demonstrate increases in contraceptive prevalence. We examined process data to understand why RH-HIV service integration was not successful when tested in routine practice.

Highlights

From 7th Annual Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation in Health North Bethesda, MD, USA. 8-9 December 2014
Research goal Global policy supports service integration to ensure that the contraceptive needs of women using HIV/AIDS services are met
We conducted an intervention study in 5 public sector health facilities in South Africa to test a strategy for serving the reproductive health (RH) needs of postpartum PMTCT clients

Summary

Introduction

From 7th Annual Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation in Health North Bethesda, MD, USA. 8-9 December 2014. Serving the contraceptive needs of HIV-positive women in Africa: the need for a health systems focus From 7th Annual Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation in Health North Bethesda, MD, USA. Research goal Global policy supports service integration to ensure that the contraceptive needs of women using HIV/AIDS services are met.

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