Pregnant and Postpartum Women’s Experiences and Perspectives on the Acceptability and Feasibility of Copackaged Medicine for Antenatal Care and PMTCT in Lesotho
Table 2
Women’s positive and negative experiences with the pack reported in structured interviews.
(%)
HIV-negative ()
HIV-positive/prophylaxis ()
HIV-positive/ART ()
Total ()
What positive experiences have you had with the pack?
Pack motivated to disclose to spouse
41 (18.7)
32 (21.6)
22 (15.5)
95 (18.7)
Pack motivated to disclose to family
14 (6.4)
22 (14.9)
9 (6.3)
45 (8.8)
Received support from partner after disclosure
47 (21.5)
40 (27.0)
34 (23.9)
121 (23.8)
Received support from family member after disclosure
8 (3.7)
26 (17.6)
15 (10.6)
49 (9.6)
Led to unplanned disclosure with acceptance from partner
5 (2.3)
6 (4.1)
3 (2.1)
14 (2.8)
Community treated me better with pack
13 (5.9)
9 (6.1)
13 (9.2)
35 (6.9)
Motivated me attend clinic to have healthy baby
31 (14.2)
30 (20.3)
34 (23.9)
95 (18.7)
Allowed me to attend clinic less often
21 (9.6)
10 (6.8)
6 (4.2)
37 (7.3)
Helped take all the pills as instructed
83 (37.9)
54 (36.5)
41 (28.9)
178 (35.0)
Identified me as pregnant
30 (13.7)
4 (2.7)
11 (7.8)
45 (8.8)
Drug contents improved mother/child health
17 (7.8)
6 (4.1)
5 (3.5)
28 (5.5)
No positive experiences
30 (13.7)
28 (18.9)
32 (22.5)
90 (17.7)
(%)
HIV-negative ()
HIV-positive/prophylaxis ()
HIV-positive/ART ()
Total ()
What negative experiences have you had with the pack?
Partner found out status and was verbally abused
0
1 (0.7)
0
1 (0.2)
Partner found out status and was treated badly
0
1 (0.7)
0
1 (0.2)
Partner found out status and was abandoned
0
1 (0.7)
0
1 (0.2)
Family member found out status and was treated badly
