Transportation cost as a barrier to contraceptive use among women initiating treatment for HIV in Tanzania.
In: AIDS care, Jg. 33 (2021-02-01), Heft 2
academicJournal
- 206 - 213
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Transportation cost is a barrier to HIV treatment, yet no studies have examined its association with contraceptive use among women living with HIV. We analyzed cross-sectional data from women attending three public healthcare facilities in Shinyanga, Tanzania where they initiated antiretroviral therapy for HIV infection in the previous 90 days; all facilities offered free contraception. Women self-reported current contraceptive use and the round-trip cost of transportation to the facility. Among 421 women aged 18-49, 86 (20.4%) were using any modern contraceptive method, of which half were using modern methods other than condoms. Women who paid more than 2,000 Tanzanian shillings for transportation had a significantly lower prevalence of any modern method use than women who paid nothing (9.1% vs. 21.3%; adjusted difference: -12.9; 95% confidence interval: -21.3, -4.4). A similar difference was observed for non-condom modern method use. We conclude that high transportation cost may impede contraceptive use even among women accessing HIV treatment.
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Transportation cost as a barrier to contraceptive use among women initiating treatment for HIV in Tanzania.
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Hunter, Lauren A ; Prata, Ndola ; Eskenazi, Brenda ; Njau, Prosper F ; McCoy, Sandra I |
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Zeitschrift: | AIDS care, Jg. 33 (2021-02-01), Heft 2 |
Veröffentlichung: | eScholarship, University of California, 2021 |
Medientyp: | academicJournal |
Umfang: | 206 - 213 |
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