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. 2017 Feb 21;12(2):e0172514.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0172514. eCollection 2017.

Factors associated with post-diagnosis pregnancies in women living with HIV in the south of Brazil

Luciana Barcellos Teixeira  1   2 , Flávia Bulegon Pilecco  3   4 , Álvaro Vigo  4   5 , Maria de Lourdes Drachler  2 , José Carlos de Carvalho Leite  6 , Daniela Riva Knauth  3   4
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Factors associated with post-diagnosis pregnancies in women living with HIV in the south of Brazil

Luciana Barcellos Teixeira et al. PLoS One. .

Abstract

Objectives: To analyze the factors associated with the occurrence of pregnancies after the diagnosis of infection by HIV.

Methods: Cross-sectional study with women of a reproductive age living with HIV/AIDS cared for in the public services of the city of Porto Alegre, in southern Brazil. The data was analyzed from a comparison between two groups: women with and women without pregnancies after the diagnosis of HIV. Poisson regression models were used to estimate the reasons of prevalence (RP).

Results: The occurrence of pregnancies after the diagnosis of HIV is associated with a lower level of education (RP adjusted = 1.31; IC95%: 1.03-1.66), non-use of condoms in the first sexual intercourse (RP = 1.32; IC95%: 1.02-1.70), being 20 years old or less when diagnosed with HIV (RP = 3.48; IC95%: 2.02-6.01), and experience of violence related to the diagnosis of HIV (RP = 1.28; IC95%: 1.06-1.56).

Conclusions: The occurrence of pregnancies after the diagnosis of infection by HIV does not indicate the exercise of the reproductive rights of the women living with HIV/AIDS because these pregnancies occurred in contexts of great vulnerability.

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Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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