Evaluation of Barriers to Postpartum Care in HIV Infected Women

The purpose of this study is to evaluate why the majority of HIV infected women in the Harris County Health District system who are pregnant do not come to clinic for their HIV disease after they have a baby through questionaires administered prepartum and questionaires and structured interviews postpartum. The study will ask subjects questions about HIV, drug use, depression and social problems.

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Key information

Conditions

HIV Infection Blood-Borne Infections Communicable Diseases Genital Diseases HIV Infections Immune System Diseases Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes Infections Lentivirus Infections Pregnancy RNA Virus Infections Retroviridae Infections Sexually Transmitted Diseases Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral Urogenital Diseases Virus Diseases

Age range

18 year–65 year

Sex eligibility

Female

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Harris County Hospital District Clinics-LBJ hospital, Houston, Texas, United States

About this study

This study is evaluating information pre and postpartum to assess what are barriers to patients coming into care for HIV after they have a baby. We will try to evaluate recurrent themes in questionaires and interviews to try and identify the barriers to care.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

HIV infected pregnant women who

HIV-infected women who are pregnant by confirmatory tests or an HIV positive woman who has had a baby within the last 6 months and is coming to care postpartum.
Women who intend to get care at Harris County Hospital District.
Subjects must be >18 years old.

Exclusion criteria

Women unable to complete questionnaires.
Women who are unable to speak, read, or understand English or Spanish.

Treatment and study plan

questionaires and structured interviews

Other

We will do questionaires on pregnant women before they have their baby and after they have their baby. We will do structured interviews after they have their baby

Primary outcomes

evaluate results from qualitative interviews

Time frame: women seen after they have their baby

we will ask and record responses and enter into an NIVIVO program to evaluate for emergent themes

Secondary outcomes

evaluate results from questionaires

Time frame: before they have a baby and after they have a baby

we will evaluate responses from questionaires There will be 8 areas that there are questionnaires about. These include basic information about yourself, about stress, about your support system, about your sense of control, about tobacco use, about for alcohol/drug use, about taking your HIV medications, and about depression.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston

Other

Collaborators

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Registry information

Important dates

Study start: 2012
Primary completion: 2014
Study completion: 2014
First posted: May 15, 2013
Registry last updated: Dec 4, 2014

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This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.

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