Perceptions and Experiences of Integrated Service Delivery Among Women Living with HIV Attending Reproductive Health Services in Kenya: A Mixed Methods Study

• Published in: AIDS and behavior Vol. 20; no. 9; pp. 2130 - 2140
• Main Authors: Colombini, M., Mayhew, S. H., Mutemwa, R., Kivunaga, J., Ndwiga, C.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer US 01.09.2016; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Acquired immune deficiency syndrome; Adult; AIDS; Anti-HIV Agents - therapeutic use; Clients; Communication; Decisions; Delivery of Health Care, Integrated - organization & administration; Family planning; Family Planning Services - organization & administration; Female; Females; Health care; Health Psychology; Health services; Health services utilization; HIV; HIV Infections - drug therapy; HIV Infections - psychology; Human immunodeficiency virus; Humans; Infectious Diseases; Interviews as Topic; Kenya; Lentivirus; Management systems; Medical decision making; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Original Paper; Patient Acceptance of Health Care - ethnology; Patient Acceptance of Health Care - psychology; Perception; Perceptions; Public Health; Public sector; Qualitative analysis; Qualitative Research; Reproduction; Reproductive health; Reproductive Health Services - organization & administration; Sexual Behavior; Sexual health; Sexually transmitted diseases; Social integration; Social services delivery; Social Stigma; STD; Women; Womens health; Kenya; Perceptions; Integration; HIV; Clients’ experiences; Kenya

This is one of the few studies that explores preferences of and experiences with integrated sexual and reproductive health (SRH)-HIV care among users of mainstream family planning and postnatal care services who are women living with HIV (WLWH). This paper reports on the quantitative data from 179 c...