Presentation: "To have a child free from HIV": HIV-positive mother's hope

"To have a child free from HIV": HIV-positive mother's hope

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Oral Presentation'
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Najmah, 2017, "To have a child free from HIV": HIV-positive mother's hope, AUT Postgraduate Sympossium, 18 August 2017, retrieved from  http://www.aut.ac.nz/being-a-student/current-postgraduates/academic-information/academic-study-support-and-resources/postgraduate-seminars-and-workshops/postgraduate-week-2017/postgraduate-symposium



Supervisors : Sari Andajani and Sharyn Graham Davies

Najmah Usman ( Over the past decade, approximately 30-40% of all new HIV cases in Indonesia have been women (Ministry of Health-Indonesia, 2016). Intended and repeated pregnancies occur among HIV-positive women in Indonesia (Hidayana & Tenni, 2015; Rahmalia et al, 2015). A comprehensive Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission (PMTCT) service gives hope for HIV-positive mothers to have and raise healthy children without HIV. Yet the accessibility of PMTCT services is still a challenge for most developing countries, including Indonesia. This study applies feminist participatory action research with purposive sampling methods. Visual methods, observation, informal interviews, and/or focus group discussion with 18 HIV-positive mothers and/or with their husbands were undertaken in Palembang, South Sumatera. The results indicate that among all participants, 7 have accessed PMTCT services and some of them plan to access PMTCT services in the future. Factors that activate women living with HIV to access PMTCT services include internal and external factors. Internal factors include religious beliefs, self-motivation, women’s sense of authority over their bodies and their children, and a desire to raise children without HIV, particularly in a patriarchal culture. External factors such as husbands’ and health workers’ support and communication are also important to motivate women to access PMTCT services. Overall, cooperation, effort, prayer, health workers’ support, and positivity may assist women and spouses to totally access PMTCT services. Furthermore, government intervention is necessary to detect more HIV cases by enforcing regulations and promoting health measures. This oral presentation aims to illustrate the factors which prompt HIV-positive women to access PMTCT services. The significance of this research lies in providing a space for HIV-positive women to share ideas about how to connect to PMTCT services in Indonesia. It is hoped this research will improve the health and wellbeing of both HIV-positive women and their babies.

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