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Published in: BMC Women's Health 1/2015

Open Access 01-12-2015 | Research article

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

Authors: James Kimani, Charlotte E Warren, Timothy Abuya, Charity Ndwiga, Susannah Mayhew, Anna Vassall, Richard Mutemwa, Ian Askew

Published in: BMC Women's Health | Issue 1/2015

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Abstract

Background

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.

Methods

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.

Results

At the 15-month follow-up interviews, more women in the intervention than comparison sites used implants (15 % vs. 3 %; p < 0.001), while injectables were the most used short-term method by women in both sites. Women who wanted to wait until later to have children (OR = 1.3; p < 0.01; 95 % CI: 1.1–1.5), women with secondary education (OR = 1.2; p < 0.05; 95 % CI: 1.0–1.4), women aged 25–34 years (OR = 1.2; p < 0.01; 95 % CI: 1.1–1.4) and women from poor households (OR = 1.6; p < 0.001; 95 % CI: 1.4–1.9) were associated with FP use. Nearly half (47 %) and about one-third (30 %) of mothers in the intervention and comparison sites, respectively, were offered PITC. Significant predictors of uptake of PITC were seeking care in a health center/dispensary relative to a hospital, having a partner who has tested for HIV and being poor.

Conclusions

An integrated delivery approach of postnatal services is beneficial in increasing the uptake of PITC and long-acting FP services among postpartum women. Also, interventions aimed at increasing male partners HIV testing have a positive effect on the uptake of PITC and should be encouraged.

Trial registration

ClinicalTrials.gov NCT01694862
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Metadata
Title
Use of HIV counseling and testing and family planning services among postpartum women in Kenya: a multicentre, non-randomised trial
Authors
James Kimani
Charlotte E Warren
Timothy Abuya
Charity Ndwiga
Susannah Mayhew
Anna Vassall
Richard Mutemwa
Ian Askew
Publication date
01-12-2015
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
BMC Women's Health / Issue 1/2015
Electronic ISSN: 1472-6874
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12905-015-0262-6

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