scholarly journals Couple Childbearing Desires, Intentions, and Births

Demography ◽  
1997 ◽  
Vol 34 (3) ◽  
pp. 343 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Thomson
Keyword(s):  
Childbearing Desires

scholarly journals ‘They are my future’: childbearing desires and motivations among women with disabilities in Ghana - implications for reproductive healthcare

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
John Kuumuori Ganle ◽  
Rebecca Racheal Apolot ◽  
Tafadzwa Rugoho ◽  
Joshua Sumankuuro
Keyword(s):  
Low Income ◽  
Universal Access ◽  
Northern Ghana ◽  
Sexually Active ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Negative Stereotypes ◽  
Women With Disabilities ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Childbearing Desires ◽  
Reproductive Healthcare

Abstract Background Previous research has highlighted widespread public mis/perceptions that portray women with disabilities (WWDs) as asexual, less likely to marry, and often not interested in childbearing. However, evidence from high-income settings shows that many WWDs are sexually active and do have or want to have children. Notwithstanding this, very few studies have focused on understanding childbearing desires and motivations among WWDs in low-income settings. This qualitative research explored childbearing desires and motivations among WWDs in Ghana. Methods A cross-sectional qualitative study was conducted with WWDs aged 18–49 years in Northern Ghana. The distribution of participants by disability types were as follows: physical disability/impairment (n = 37); visual impairment (n = 11); speech and hearing impairment (n = 14); epilepsy (n = ten); and albinism (n = five). A pre-tested open-ended thematic topic guide was designed and used to conduct in-depth interviews. Interviews were tape-recorded and later transcribed for analysis. Transcripts were coded using QSR NVivo 11 software. Thematic content analysis techniques were used to analyse and present the data. Results Nearly all the WWDs interviewed were sexually active, desiring to have children, and intended to have as many children as they could support. Strong desire to experience the joy of motherhood; fear of social insecurity; fear of old age economic insecurity; desire to challenge stigma and negative stereotypes about disability, sexuality and motherhood; and desire for self-actualisation, were key motivations for childbearing. Conclusion Our findings challenge existing negative public perceptions about the status of WWDs in relation to sexuality, childbearing and motherhood. More importantly, our findings suggest that if the Sustainable Development Goals related to universal access to sexual and reproductive healthcare are to be attained, WWDs must be targeted with quality sexual and reproductive healthcare information and services.

scholarly journals Evaluating Safer Conception Options for HIV-Serodiscordant Couples (HIV-Infected Female/HIV-Uninfected Male): A Closer Look at Vaginal Insemination

2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Okeoma Mmeje ◽  
Craig R. Cohen ◽  
Deborah Cohan
Keyword(s):  
Condom Use ◽  
Sexual Transmission ◽  
Safer Conception ◽  
Serodiscordant Couples ◽  
Fertile Period ◽  
Infected Female ◽  
Hiv Serodiscordant Couples ◽  
Childbearing Desires ◽  
Sexual Transmission Of Hiv

HIV serodiscordant couples represent at least half of all HIV-affected couples worldwide. Many of these couples have childbearing desires. Safer methods of conception may allow for pregnancy while minimizing the risk of sexual transmission of HIV. In serodiscordant partnerships with an HIV-infected female and HIV-uninfected male, vaginal insemination of a partner's semen during the fertile period coupled with 100% condom use may be the safest method of conception.

scholarly journals Unintended pregnancy, contraceptive use, and childbearing desires among HIV-infected and HIV-uninfected women in Botswana: across-sectional study

2015 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Gloria K. Mayondi ◽  
Kathleen Wirth ◽  
Chelsea Morroni ◽  
Sikhulile Moyo ◽  
Gbolahan Ajibola ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Unintended Pregnancy ◽  
Contraceptive Use ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Childbearing Desires

scholarly journals Step-families and Childbearing Desires in Europe

2004 ◽  
Vol Special 3 ◽  
pp. 117-134 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Thomson
Keyword(s):  
Childbearing Desires

DOES KNOWLEDGE ABOUT ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY AND MOTHER-TO-CHILD TRANSMISSION AFFECT THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN HIV STATUS AND FERTILITY PREFERENCES AND CONTRACEPTIVE USE? NEW EVIDENCE FROM NIGERIA AND ZAMBIA

2013 ◽  
Vol 46 (5) ◽  
pp. 580-599 ◽  
Author(s):  
AKINRINOLA BANKOLE ◽  
ANN E. BIDDLECOM ◽  
KUMBUTSO DZEKEDZEKE ◽  
JOSHUA O. AKINYEMI ◽  
OLUTOSIN AWOLUDE ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Antiretroviral Therapy ◽  
Contraceptive Use ◽  
Hiv Positive ◽  
Hiv Status ◽  
Child Transmission ◽  
Hiv Positive Women ◽  
Childbearing Desires ◽  
Living With Hiv ◽  
Mother To Child ◽  
Hiv Negative

SummaryThe increasing availability of antiretroviral therapy (ART) and drug regimens to prevent mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) has probably changed the context of childbearing for people living with HIV. Using data from 2009–2010 community-based surveys in Nigeria and Zambia, this study explores whether women's knowledge about ART and PMTCT influences the relationship between HIV status and fertility preferences and contraceptive behaviour. The findings show that women living with HIV are more likely to want more children in Nigeria and to want to limit childbearing in Zambia compared with HIV-negative women. While there is no significant difference in contraceptive use by women's HIV status in the two countries, women who did not know their HIV status are less likely to use contraceptives relative to women who are HIV-negative. Knowledge about ART reduces the childbearing desires of HIV-positive women in Nigeria and knowledge about PMTCT increases desire for more children among HIV-positive women in Zambia, as well as contraceptive use among women who do not know their HIV status. The findings indicate that knowledge about HIV prevention and treatment services changes how living with HIV affects childbearing desires and, at least in Zambia, pregnancy prevention, and highlight the importance of access to accurate knowledge about ART and PMTCT services to assist women and men to make informed childbearing decisions. Knowledge about ART and PMTCT should be promoted not only through HIV treatment and maternal and newborn care facilities but also through family planning centres and the mass media.

scholarly journals Fertility Desires and Intentions and the Relationship to Consistent Condom Use and Provider Communication regarding Childbearing among HIV Clients in Uganda

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Glenn J. Wagner ◽  
Rhoda Wanyenze
Keyword(s):  
Family Planning ◽  
Condom Use ◽  
Hiv Disclosure ◽  
Consistent Condom ◽  
Hiv Status ◽  
Safer Conception ◽  
Consistent Condom Use ◽  
Primary Partner ◽  
Fertility Desires ◽  
Childbearing Desires

Family planning services emphasize prevention of unplanned pregnancies, but rarely account for the childbearing desires of HIV clients. We examined the correlates of fertility desires and intentions among 767 HIV clients (34% male) starting antiretrovirals in Uganda. Half of participants had a primary sex partner. Among those with a desire (31%) or intention (24%) for having a child in the near future, 60% had not discussed this with providers. Over one quarter (27%) were told by their provider that they should not bear a child because of their HIV status. In regression analysis, male gender, younger age, higher CD4, having fewer children, and having a primary partner were associated with fertility desires and intentions; having been told by provider not to have a child was associated with intentions but not desires. Among participants with a primary partner, consistent condom use was greater among those with no fertility intentions, as was receipt of advise about family planning, while HIV disclosure to partner was greater among those with intentions. Partner HIV status was not associated with fertility desires or intentions. These findings highlight the need for reproductive health programs for HIV clients to incorporate safer conception counseling and improve communication regarding childbearing.

scholarly journals Men's childbearing desires and views of the male role in Europe at the dawn of the 21st century

2008 ◽  
Vol 19 ◽  
pp. 1883-1912 ◽  
Author(s):  
Allan Puur ◽  
Livia Sz. Oláh ◽  
Mariam Irene Tazi-Preve ◽  
Jürgen Dorbritz
Keyword(s):  
21St Century ◽  
Male Role ◽  
Childbearing Desires
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