Research Article
Desires, Need, Perceptions, and Knowledge of Assisted Reproductive Technologies of HIV-Positive Women of Reproductive Age in Ontario, Canada
Table 4
Participant responses to questions related to perception of and knowledge of ART.
| Perception of ART | Total () |
| Open to medical techniques | | āStrongly agree/agree | 285 (59%) | āNeither | 68 (14%) | āStrongly disagree/disagree | 133 (27%) | Can go to sperm bank | | āStrongly agree/agree | 192 (39%) | āNeither | 148 (30%) | āStrongly disagree/disagree | 153 (31%) | Have tried to access sperm from a sperm bank | 8 (2%) |
| Knowledge of ART | Total () |
| Important sources of information regarding ART: | | āA friend | 73 (15%) | āA family member | 56 (12%) | āA physician | 357 (74%) | āOther health care professionals | 232 (48%) | āNobody | 48 (10%) | Resources needed to help with decision to become pregnant: | | āInformation booklets and publications on ābecoming pregnant | 213 (50%) | āTo talk to a health professional with fertility āexpertise | 254 (59%) | āTo talk someone with fertility expertise āfrom my community | 113 (26%) | āAccess to a fertility clinic | 155 (36%) | āAn obstetrician/gynecologist | 213 (50%) | āA trained midwife | 72 (17%) | āAccess to sperm banks | 84 (20%) | āEducational seminars on pregnancy | 138 (32%) | āEducational seminars on taking care of a ābaby | 100 (23%) | āEducational seminars on raising a child | 102 (24%) |
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