Family planning methods and fertility preferences according to HIV status among women in Cameroon
Abstract
We investigated whether HIV-positive women differ from HIV-negative women in their fertility, fertility intentions, and use of family planning (FP) among 16,202 women who received services through the Cameroon Baptist Convention Health Services’ Women’s Health Program from 2015 to 2017. The 13% of women who were HIV-positive had similar rates of modern FP usage and unmet need compared to HIV-negative women (26% versus 29% for modern FP usage, and 20% versus 21% for unmet need). However, HIV-positive women were more likely to be satisfied with their FP method (aOR = 1.70, p < .001). There were no significant differences in usage by HIV status for most FP methods, but HIV-positive women were more likely to use condoms (aOR = 1.85, p < .01) and less likely to use IUDs (aOR = 0.77, p < .05). HIV-positive women had fewer living children and also desired fewer children (both associations significant at p < .001 in multivariate linear regression). These findings highlight low FP usage and high unmet need among all women, and the need for integrated HIV and FP services for HIV-positive women, particularly aimed at increasing use of more reliable FP methods in addition to condoms. (Afr J Reprod Health 2021; 25[5]: 25-36).
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