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Hormonal contraception and HIV: hormonal contraceptive users need not switch to another contraceptive method.(Clinical report)
Jun 22, 2007; Cates, Willard, Jr. ... Hormonal contraceptive methods, among the most effective means of preventing pregnancy, have greatly improved the well-being of women and their families alike. However, as the HIV/AIDS pandemic continues unabated, scientists seeking to identify factors that could contribute to the spread ...
Hormonal contraception and HIV acquisition: study finds no overall association.
Jun 22, 2007; Best, Kim ... Imagine Caroline, a 23-year-old, married woman from Zimbabwe who--like more than a third of women in that country using contraception--takes an oral contraceptive pill each day. By preventing pregnancy at a time in her life when she is not ready to start a family, this highly effective ...
Why this study is unique.
Jun 22, 2007; Best, Kim ... A possible relationship between hormonal contraceptive use and HIV acquisition has been investigated in approximately 30 studies. However, understanding of this possible relationship has remained poor. Study results have been inconsistent, in part because nearly all these studies have been ...
Questions and answers: study of hormonal contraceptive use and HIV acquisition.(Interview)
Jun 22, 2007; Best, Kim ... How widely is hormonal contraception used? Worldwide, about 84 million women currently married or in union use combined oral contraceptives (COCs) and about 24 million such women use the injectable depot-medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA). Many other women not currently married ...
Research implications for users and providers.
Jun 22, 2007 ... Extensive research over decades has shown that combined oral contraceptives (COCs) and the injectable contraceptive depot-medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA) are extremely safe and pose few serious side effects. Recent research suggests that use of COCs (1) and DMPA (2) may ...
Actions to minimize HIV risks.
Jun 22, 2007 ... <Pre> Actions to Minimize HIV Risks HIV Status of Couple For Hormonal For Family PlanningContraceptive Usersand VCT Providers UnknownSeek HIV testing toEncourage bothlearn the infectionpartners ...
Clients can quickly learn HIV status.
Jun 22, 2007; Parker, Chris ... Am I infected with HIV? Is my partner infected with HIV? Most men and women throughout the world do not know the answers to these questions. But, particularly in settings of high HIV prevalence, a sexually active individual who is not in a mutually monogamous relationship with an ...
Research implications for policy-makers.
Jun 22, 2007 ... In light of recent research showing no overall association between hormonal contraceptive use and HIV acquisition among women at relatively low risk of HIV infection, no changes should be made in the provision or use of combined oral contraceptives (COCs) or depot-medroxyprogesterone ...
Balancing relative HIV and pregnancy-related risks.
Jun 22, 2007 ... <Pre> Balancing Relative HIV and Pregnancy-Related Risks Type of HIV Risk of pregnancy-related morbidity/mortality Epidemic * Low risk {[dagger]) (safe High risk ([dagger])childbirth or legal (unsafe childbirth or ...
Hormonal contraception and STI acquisition explored.
Jun 22, 2007; Morrison, Charles ... Do hormonal contraceptive methods increase women's risk of acquiring sexually transmitted infections (STIs) other than HIV? This question is of critical concern, given that more than 100 million women worldwide use these methods. (1) Decreasing STI incidence by identifying and addressing ...
Does hormonal contraception increase HIV infectivity?(Hormonal Contraceptive Use by HIV-infected Women)
Jun 22, 2007; Best, Kim ... Whether hormonal contraceptive use by HIV-infected women increases their risk of infecting sexual partners remains unknown. Studies addressing this question are limited. Only two such studies have been prospective, and the results of cross-sectional studies of HIV shedding from ...
Does hormonal contraception speed HIV progression?(Hormonal Contraceptive Use by HIV-infected Women)(Clinical report)
Jun 22, 2007; Shears, Kathleen Henry ... Does the use of hormonal contraception during the early stages of HIV infection affect disease progression? Likewise, does its use during the later stages of infection affect disease progression? These questions cannot be answered yet. The only evidence so far that hormonal ...
Does pregnancy speed HIV progression?(Hormonal Contraceptive Use by HIV-infected Women)
Jun 22, 2007; Shears, Kathleen Henry ... Whether pregnancy affects the course of HIV infection is an important question for HIV-infected women interested in using hormonal contraception. Such women need to weigh the potential--but still unproven--risk of accelerated progression to AIDS among hormonal contraceptive users (see ...
Contraceptive options for HIV-infected women.(Hormonal Contraceptive Use by HIV-infected Women)
Jun 22, 2007; Shears, Kathleen Henry ... Women with HIV have a right to decide whether they want to become pregnant and bear children. But if an HIV-infected woman chooses not to have children, or wants to space her family, she should be able to make informed, voluntary decisions about contraception and then receive her method of ...
HIV disclosure key to effective contraception.
Jun 22, 2007; Shears, Kathleen Henry ... HIV-infected women's fear of disclosing their serostatus to their regular partners is one of the greatest challenges to providing them with effective contraceptive counseling, says Bernard Mpairwe, senior HIV/AIDS counselor with the Uganda-Case Western Reserve University Research ...
How does HIV therapy affect hormonal contraception?
Jun 22, 2007; Shears, Kathleen Henry ... Limited evidence suggests that certain antiretroviral (ARV) drugs can either raise or lower concentrations of contraceptive hormones in the blood of HIV-infected women using combined oral contraceptives (COCs). Theoretically, lower contraceptive hormone levels could reduce contraceptive ...
How does hormonal contraception affect HIV therapy?(Clinical report)
Jun 22, 2007; Shears, Kathleen Henry ... Unanswered questions about how contraceptive hormones interact with the immune system and with antiretroviral (ARV) drugs have raised concerns about the response to ARV therapy among HIV-infected women using hormonal contraception. Until recently, no research had addressed these ...
COC-ARV drug interactions.
Jun 22, 2007 ... <Pre> COC-ARV Drug Interactions Non-nucleoside reverseEffect of ARV Use on Effect of COC Use on transcriptase COC Blood Levels ARV Blood Levels inhibitors (NNRTIs) Delavirdine Possibly increases No data Efavirenz * Increases ...
Module about contraception for women with HIV.(Resources)
Jun 22, 2007 ... Contraception for Women and Couples with HIV, a training module from FHI and EngenderHealth, is designed to inform providers of family planning or of HIV treatment and care services about the reproductive choices and contraceptive options available to their HIV-positive clients. It ...
Training curriculum about research ethics.(Resources)
Jun 22, 2007 ... Research Ethics Training Curriculum for Community Representatives from FHI informs and empowers community representatives to speak or advocate for research participants worldwide. The 97-page curriculum addresses general principles of research ethics (such as informed consent and ethics ...