Preferences of Pregnant and Postpartum Women for Differentiated Service Delivery in Kenya

Copyright © 2023 The Author(s). Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc..

BACKGROUND: Differentiated service delivery models are implemented by HIV care programs globally, but models for pregnant and postpartum women living with HIV (PPWH) are lacking. We conducted a discrete choice experiment to determine women's preferences for differentiated service delivery.

SETTING: Five public health facilities in western Kenya.

METHODS: PPWH were enrolled from April to December 2022 and asked to choose between pairs of hypothetical clinics that differed across 5 attributes: clinic visit frequency during pregnancy (monthly vs. every 2 months), postpartum visit frequency (monthly vs. only with routine infant immunizations), seeing a mentor mother (each visit vs. as needed), seeing a clinician (each visit vs. as needed), and basic consultation cost (0, 50, or 100 Kenya Shillings [KSh]). We used multinomial logit modeling to determine the relative effects (β) of each attribute on clinic choice.

RESULTS: Among 250 PPWH (median age 31 years, 42% pregnant, 58% postpartum, 20% with a gap in care), preferences were for pregnancy visits every 2 months (β = 0.15), postpartum visits with infant immunizations (β = 0.36), seeing a mentor mother and clinician each visit (β = 0.05 and 0.08, respectively), and 0 KSh cost (β = 0.39). Preferences were similar when stratified by age, pregnancy, and retention status. At the same cost, predicted market choice for a clinic model with fewer pregnant/postpartum visits was 75% versus 25% for the standard of care (ie, monthly visits during pregnancy/postpartum).

CONCLUSION: PPWH prefer fewer clinic visits than currently provided within the standard of care in Kenya, supporting the need for implementation of differentiated service delivery for this population.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:94

Enthalten in:

Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) - 94(2023), 5 vom: 15. Dez., Seite 429-436

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Humphrey, John [VerfasserIn]
Wanjama, Esther [VerfasserIn]
Carlucci, James G [VerfasserIn]
Naanyu, Violet [VerfasserIn]
Were, Edwin [VerfasserIn]
Muli, Lindah [VerfasserIn]
Alera, Marsha [VerfasserIn]
McGuire, Alan [VerfasserIn]
Nyandiko, Winstone [VerfasserIn]
Songok, Julia [VerfasserIn]
Wools-Kaloustian, Kara [VerfasserIn]
Zimet, Gregory [VerfasserIn]

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Date Completed 13.11.2023

Date Revised 10.02.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1097/QAI.0000000000003303

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM364411104