Title
Reproductive decision-making of Black women living with HIV: A systematic review
Date Issued
01 April 2022
Access level
open access
Resource Type
review
Author(s)
Huertas-Zurriaga A.
Aguayo-Gonzalez M.P.
Casanovas-Cuellar C.
Linden K.L.V.
Cesario S.K.
Edwards J.E.
Leyva-Moral J.M.
Publisher(s)
SAGE Publications Ltd
Abstract
Background: Black women living with HIV account for a higher proportion of new HIV diagnoses than other groups. These women experience restricted access to reproductive services and inadequate support from healthcare providers because their position in society is based on their sexual health and social identity in the context of this stigmatizing chronic disease. By recognizing the analytical relevance of intersectionality, the reproductive decision-making of Black women can be explored as a social phenomenon of society with varied positionality. Objective: The purpose of this review was to synthesize the evidence about the reproductive decision-making of Black women living with HIV in high-income countries from the beginning of the HIV epidemic to the present. Methods: This systematic review was guided by the JBI evidence synthesis recommendations. Searches were completed in seven databases from 1985 to 2021, and the review protocol was registered with PROSPERO (CRD420180919). Results: Of 3503 records, 22 studies were chosen for synthesis, including 19 observational and three qualitative designs. Nearly, all studies originated from the United States; the earliest was reported in 1995. Few studies provided detailed sociodemographic data or subgroup analysis focused on race or ethnicity. Influencing factors for reproductive decision-making were organized into the following seven categories: ethnicity, race, and pregnancy; religion and spirituality; attitudes and beliefs about antiretroviral therapy; supportive people; motherhood and fulfillment; reproductive planning; and health and wellness. Conclusion: No major differences were identified in the reproductive decision-making of Black women living with HIV. Even though Black women were the largest group of women living with HIV, no studies reported a subgroup analysis, and few studies detailed sociodemographic information specific to Black women. In the future, institutional review boards should require a subgroup analysis for Black women when they are included as participants in larger studies of women living with HIV.
Volume
18
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Políticas de salud, Servicios de salud Salud pública, Salud ambiental
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85127929028
PubMed ID
Source
Women's Health
ISSN of the container
17455057
Sponsor(s)
The authors appreciate the continued guidance and support provided by the Joanna Briggs Institute (University of Adelaide) and the Evidence-Based Health Care South America: A JBI Affiliated Group. The authors also recongize thank Deborah Goggin, MA, ELS, scientific writer from the Department of Research Support at A.T. Still University, for her excellent editorial review. Finally, the authors are truly grateful to all the Black women living with HIV who took the time to share their experiences and to complete the surveys for the research studies included in this review. The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: The dissemination of this study was funded by the Dirección de Desarrollo de la Investigación, Universidad Norbert Wiener (Grant number: VRI-D-2021-06-002-RDG). The funding agency had no role in study design, data collection, data analysis, data interpretation, or writing of the manuscript. All authors had full access to the data for the study. The primary, corresponding, and last authors had the final responsibility for the decision to submit the manuscript for publication. The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: The dissemination of this study was funded by the Dirección de Desarrollo de la Investigación, Universidad Norbert Wiener (Grant number: VRI-D-2021-06-002-RDG). The funding agency had no role in study design, data collection, data analysis, data interpretation, or writing of the manuscript. All authors had full access to the data for the study. The primary, corresponding, and last authors had the final responsibility for the decision to submit the manuscript for publication.
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