Comparison of HIV-positive women with children and without children accessing HIV care and treatment in the IeDEA Central Africa cohort

Globally, women comprise half of all people living with HIV, but in sub-Saharan Africa, women are disproportionately affected. Data were obtained from 8419 HIV-infected women at enrollment into 10 HIV treatment programs in Cameroon, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo as part of the Ce...

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Published in:AIDS care 2012-06, Vol.24 (6), p.673-679
Main Authors: Freeman, A., Newman, J., Hemingway-Foday, J., Iriondo-Perez, J., Stolka, K., Akam, W., Balimba, A., Kalenga, L., Mbaya, M., Mfangam Molu, B., Mukumbi, H., Niyongabo, T., Woelk, G., Kiumbu, M., Atibu, J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
Adherence
Adolescent
Adult
Africa, Central - epidemiology
AIDS
AIDS/HIV
Alcohol Abuse
Biological and medical sciences
Cameroon
Central Africa
Children
Children & youth
Cohort analysis
Cohort Studies
Delivery of Health Care - utilization
Education
Female
Females
Health care
Health care access
Healthcare Disparities
HIV
HIV Seropositivity - drug therapy
HIV Seropositivity - epidemiology
HIV-1
HIV/AIDS
Human immunodeficiency virus
Human viral diseases
Humans
IeDEA
Immunodeficiencies
Immunodeficiencies. Immunoglobulinopathies
Immunopathology
Infectious diseases
Medical sciences
Medical treatment
Medication Adherence - statistics & numerical data
Middle Aged
Motherhood
Mothers
Mothers - statistics & numerical data
Needs Assessment
Social services
Socioeconomic Factors
Sub Saharan Africa
SubSaharan Africa
Surveys and Questionnaires
Viral diseases
Viral diseases of the lymphoid tissue and the blood. Aids
Water Supply
Women
Young Adult
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Summary:Globally, women comprise half of all people living with HIV, but in sub-Saharan Africa, women are disproportionately affected. Data were obtained from 8419 HIV-infected women at enrollment into 10 HIV treatment programs in Cameroon, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo as part of the Central Africa region of the International Epidemiological Database to Evaluate AIDS. We used chi-squared tests to determine if distributions between women with children differed from those without children, in regards to socio-demographic, behavioral and clinical characteristics. Logistic regression was used to determine if motherhood was associated with medication adherence. Of 8419 women, 81.7% had living children. The majority entered care through voluntary testing, and very few entered care through prevention of mother-to-child transmission programs. Women with children were older and more likely to be widowed, more likely to have no formal education and less likely to have attended university than those without children (p
ISSN:0954-0121
1360-0451
DOI:10.1080/09540121.2011.630364