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Pregnancy through the Lens of Iranian Women with HIV: A Qualitative Study

Zahra Behboodi-Moghadam1, Zohre Khalajinia2, Ali-Reza Nikbakht Nasrabadi3

  • 1Reproductive Health department, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care
|July 10, 2015
PubMed

To explore the experience of pregnancy among Iranian women with HIV, 12 HIV-infected pregnant women who referred to counseling center for behavioral diseases in Imam Khomeini Hospital were recruited through purposive sampling. Data were collected by face-to-face, semi-structured interview and were analyzed using conventional content analysis method. Four main themes emerged from the data: fear and hope, stigma and discrimination, marital life stability, and trust in God. Despite concerns about mother-to-child transmission of HIV, and uncertain life span, HIV-infected women tended to continue their pregnancy, and having children was viewed as a window of hope for them.

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HIVpregnancyqualitative study

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