- Collection:
- Atlanta University and Clark Atlanta University Theses and Dissertations
- Title:
- Descriptive study of HIV/AIDS infected women and the factors which influence their decisions to become pregnant, 2001
- Creator:
- Garner, Lamegra
- Date of Original:
- 2001-05-01
- Subject:
- Degrees, Academic
Dissertations, Academic - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- theses
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- The study examined the factors that influence HIV positive women to become pregnant. The study also explored how susceptible these women perceive their babies are to contracting the HIV virus through vertical transmission. It was hypothesized that motivations for the HIV/AIDS infected woman to extend her family may be the results of previous experience in childbearing, intrapersonal beliefs, and knowledge on the virus� transmission. The setting for this study was AID Atlanta located in Atlanta, Georgia The sample consisted of 30-HTV positive women who are clients of the agency. Various internal and external validities were addressed and considered in order to decrease bias. Frequencies and descriptives were used to analyze the data in order to determine what motivational factors influence these women to become pregnant. Findings showed that previous childbearing experiences were not motivations for this sample to become pregnant. However, the women�s intrapersonal beliefs and the low risk of the baby contracting the virus were motivations to initiate a pregnancy or to continue a pregnancy. Although the women believed that their babies were at risk for contracting the virus via breast-feeding, the women generally lacked knowledge on vertical transmission. Other related questions, limitations of the study, and implications for social work practice were also addressed.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/cau.td:2001_garner_lamegra
- Rights Holder:
- Clark Atlanta University
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library
- Rights:
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