Women with disabilities in hearing: the last mile in the elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV – a cross-sectional study from Zambia
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Type
Article: article from journal or magazin.
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Title
Women with disabilities in hearing: the last mile in the elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV – a cross-sectional study from Zambia
Journal
AIDS Care
ISSN
0954-0121
1360-0451
1360-0451
Publication state
Published
Issued date
02/09/2022
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
34
Number
9
Pages
1203-1211
Language
english
Abstract
This article explored the differences in HIV testing in the elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV (EMTCT) between women with and without disabilities aged 16–55 years, reported being pregnant and receiving the social cash transfers (SCT) social safety nets in Luapula province, Zambia. We tested for associations between HIV testing in EMTCT and disability using logistic regression analyses. We calculated a functional score for each woman to determine if they had mild, moderate or severe difficulties and controlled for age, intimate partner sexual violence, and the SCT receipt. Of 1692 women, 29.8% (504) reported a disability, 724 (42.8%) mild, 203 (12.0%) moderate, and 83 (4.9%) severe functional difficulties (adjusted odds ratio [aOR] 1.33; 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.04–1.70). Women with moderate (aOR 2.04; 95% CI 1.44–2.88) or mild difficulties (aOR 1.66; 95% CI 1.32–2.08) or with a disability in cognition (aOR 1.67 95% CI 1.22–2.29) reported testing more for HIV than women without disabilities; Women with a disability in hearing (aOR 0.36 CI 0.16–0.80) reported testing less for HIV. Disability is common among women receiving the SCT in the study area accessing HIV testing in the EMTCT setting. HIV testing in EMTCT is challenging for women with disabilities in hearing.
Keywords
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Social Psychology, Health (social science)
Pubmed
Web of science
Open Access
Yes
Funding(s)
Swiss National Science Foundation
Swiss National Science Foundation
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