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Objective To evaluate the effect of HIV/AIDS Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission (PMTCT) among pregnant women living with HIV/AIDS in Zhoushan Islands and to provide basis for local PMTCT measures.Methods We retrospectively analyzed 23 cases of HIV antibody positive pregnant women who were treated with PMTCT during 2013-2015.Results Eight of the 23 cases decided to terminate the pregnancy while other 15 cases of pregnant decided to continue pregnancy,and preventive antiviral block drug therapy during pregnancy or before delivery was performed among 15 cases of pregnant,with the rate 100％ (15/15).The rate of neonatal preventive antiviral block drug therapy was 76.47％ (13/17).Neonates who were not breast fed was 88.24％ (15/17).The HIV positive rate among children was 0 (0/17) when they were detected at 18 month after birth.Conclusion PMTCT could effectively decrease the risk of mother -to-child transmission of HIV/AIDS.
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Persons with HIV/AIDS live with several unwanted or negative effects often called "double stigma" from a genderized inequality and bias perspective when compared with men who have HIV/AIDS. The purpose of this study was to describe the lived experience of fourteen women living with HIV/AIDS from the Northern Upper Thailand area. The data collection included in-depth interviews describing their experiences and enhanced by field notes. Content analysis was used to analyze the data. Trustworthiness was established using the criteria by Lincoln and Guba. The findings of the study revealed that women living with HIV/AIDS are more stigmatized than men with HIV/AIDS. These women continue to live while maintaining multiple roles such as care givers, housekeepers, mothers and as active members of society. The following descriptions of stigma provided thematic categories of the lived experience: personal-stigma, inferiority-stigma, and social stigma. Personal-stigma showed that these women were being "looked down upon," were ashamed and often blamed themselves for their current situation. These women also expressed inferiority-stigma in which other members of their social group insulted and disregarded them as members. Social-stigma was reported in situations of inequality with others. These findings may provide directions to design interventions to assist WLWHAs cope with the diagnosis of the disease and to promote their quality of life.
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Humans , Female , Middle Aged , Adult , Young Adult , Adolescent , Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome , Social Stigma , Social Conditions , Quality of LifeABSTRACT
O estudo investigou a percepção de mulheres vivendo com HIV/Aids quanto aos efeitos da soropositividade sobre suas escolhas reprodutivas. Optou-se pelo delineamento qualitativo com uso de entrevista individual semi-estruturada com trinta mulheres HIV positivas em idade reprodutiva. A maior parte delas (n=18) afirmou que a soropositividade modificou o desejo de ter filhos. As categorias de motivos mais freqüentes foram o receio do risco de transmissão do HIV para o bebê e soropositividade como sinônimo de morte. Os resultados sinalizam a necessidade de que os serviços atuem em consonância com os programas de atenção integral à saúde da mulher e os princípios do Sistema Único de Saúde, acolhendo e respeitando as decisões reprodutivas de mulheres soropositivas.
AIDS epidemiological profile indicates a feminine trend particularly among those in the reproductive age. The study investigated the HIV positive women perception of the seropositivity effects on their reproductive choices. It was chosen a qualitative research design with the use of semi-structured individual interviews with thirty HIV positive women in their reproductive age. As the most frequent categories of reasons, most women reported they did not wish to have children, showing the fear of HIV transmission to the baby and seropositivity as a synonym of death. The findings indicate the need for the services in HIV/AIDS to act in line with the programs of comprehensive health care of women and the principles of Brazilian Health System, respecting the reproductive decisions of seropositive women.