The Role Of Hormonal Contraceptives In Hiv Infection Among Antenatal Mothers In Machakos District Hospital
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2007Author
Emma, Matheka
Anna, Karani
L.P, Oteba
M.F, Otieno
Simon, Kangehte
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This study was done at Machakos District Hospital in the Eastern province of Kenya between May and August 2007.Aim was to find out the role of hormonal contraceptives in HIV infection among antennal mothers. Analytical cross- sectional study design was used. Methodology. The sample size consisted of 144 antenatal mothers visiting the MCH clinic for PMTCT services among other services. The simple random sampling technique included every 8th antenatal mother visiting the PMTCT clinic who had no history of consisted condom use. All antenatal mothers who had not used condoms consistently both contraceptive and non-contraceptive users who fell in the sampling frame acted as study subjects. This was on condition that they consented to participate in the study.
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http://profiles.uonbi.ac.ke/kagure/publications/ms-emma-matheka-prof-anna-karani-mr-lpoteba-mr-mf-otieno-prof-simon-kangehte-rolhttp://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/28888
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Kenya Nursing Journal, vol. 40:1: 6-13Publisher
University of Nairobi School Of Nursing Sciences
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- Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS) [10377]