Journal of AIDS & Clinical Research

Zachary Kwena MA

Publications

• Research Article
  “You Know You Are Sick, Why Do You Carry A Pregnancy Again?” Applying the Socio-Ecological Model to Understand Barriers to PMTCT Service Utilization in Western Kenya
  Author(s): Maricianah Onono, Zachary Kwena MA, Janet Turan, Elizabeth A Bukusi, Craig R Cohen and Glenda E GrayMaricianah Onono, Zachary Kwena MA, Janet Turan, Elizabeth A Bukusi, Craig R Cohen and Glenda E Gray
  
  Objective: Throughout most of sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) services are readily available. However, PMTCT programs in SSA have had suboptimal performance compared to other regions of the world. The main objective of this study is to explore the socio-ecological and individual factors influencing the utilization of PMTCT services among HIV-positive pregnant women in western Kenya using a social ecological model as our analytical lens. Methods: Data were collected using in-depth interviews with 33 HIV-infected women attending government health facilities in rural western Kenya. Women with HIV-infected infants aged between 6 weeks to 6 months with a definitive diagnosis of HIV in the infant, as well as those with an HIV-negative test result in the infant were interviewed between November 2012 and June 2013. Coding and analysis of the transc.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2155-6113.1000467

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