Women's healthcare decision-making capacity and HIV testing in sub-Saharan Africa: a multi-country analysis of demographic and health surveys.
Abdul-Aziz SeiduJoseph Kojo OduroBright Opoku AhinkorahEugene BuduFrancis AppiahLinus BaatiemaEdward Kwabena AmeyawFrancis SambahPublished in: BMC public health (2020)
Sub-Saharan African countries intending to improve HIV testing need to incorporate women's healthcare decision-making capacity strategies. These strategies can include education and counselling. This is essential because our study indicates that the capacity of women to make healthcare decisions has an association with decision to test for their HIV status.
Keyphrases
- hiv testing
- healthcare
- men who have sex with men
- decision making
- polycystic ovary syndrome
- hiv positive
- pregnancy outcomes
- human immunodeficiency virus
- breast cancer risk
- cervical cancer screening
- health information
- public health
- type diabetes
- insulin resistance
- hepatitis c virus
- hiv infected
- metabolic syndrome
- cross sectional
- adipose tissue
- skeletal muscle