The effect of ART on women's intentions to have children

描述（由申请人提供）：本研究的主要目的是了解具体变量如何影响巴西女性抗逆转录病毒治疗（ART）患者生育子女的愿望和意图。为了了解接受抗逆转录病毒治疗的艾滋病毒阳性女性的生育意愿，将在控制社会人口学变量的同时评估以下变量：1）临床/身体指标，2）感知的治疗乐观，3）对婴儿和伴侣传播风险的了解，以及4）感知的伴侣对子女的渴望。年龄在18岁至35岁之间的女性ART患者的研究人群是一项更大的队列研究的一部分，该研究描述了女性艾滋病毒/艾滋病的进展，将采用定性和定量研究方法进行访谈。将首先进行定性深入访谈并进行分析，应用调查结果和洞察力来调整现有的治疗乐观和生育愿望和意图的措施，这些措施将被纳入随后的问卷调查中，评估与生孩子的愿望和意图相关的因素。作为第二个目标，将对男性伴侣进行抽样调查，以了解他们生育子女的愿望和意图。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The primary objective of this research is to understand how specific variables influence desires and intentions to have children among female anti-retroviral therapy (ART) patients in Brazil. To understand fertility intentions among HIV positive women on ART the following variables will be assessed while controlling for sociodemographic variables; 1) clinical/physical indicators, 2) perceived treatment optimism, 3) knowledge of transmission risks to infant and partner, and 4) perceived partner desire for children. The study population of female ART patients between the ages of 18 and 35 years are part of a larger cohort study characterizing the progression of HIV/AIDS among women, and will be interviewed with both qualitative and quantitative research methods. Qualitative in-depth interviews will be conducted and analyzed first, applying findings and insight to adapt existing measures for both treatment optimism and fertility desires and intentions that will be included in the subsequent questionnaire assessing factors associated with desires and intentions to have children. As a secondary aim, a subsample of male partners will be interviewed to understand their desires and intentions to have children.