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In its latest e-newsletter, the Johnny Keenan Banjo Festival, a founder member of the EBMA Festival Network, announces a stellar lineup for the 11th annual event, to take place 20-23 September 2012 in its new home of Tullamore, Co. Offaly, Ireland. The weekend will consist of street & pub sessions & jams, nightly seated concerts, masterclass workshops (various instruments, styles & all levels), free outdoor concerts, local craft displays, a busking competition, and the late-night Festival Club. Top international artists appearing include:
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'Judy' verdict: 2 years Sheindlin stays behind bench
EmptyCourt show queen Judge Judy Sheindlin has inked a new multiyear deal with CBS Television Distribution to continue with her strip, "Judge Judy," and the CBS Television Stations group has renewed the top-rated court show for another two seasons, taking it through 2012.
" 'Judge Judy' is the unsung hero of syndication, consistently delivering fantastic ratings to our station partners, and we're really proud it's the only syndicated show growing year to year," CTD president and COO John Nogawski said.
The "Judge Judy" renewal was among a flurry of NATPE-related announcements made Monday:
Program Partners' "Crosswords" is a "firm go" for Season 2 after having been renewed in 40 of the top 50 markets. The distributor has secured commitments from WNBC New York and other NBC O&Os as well as stations owned by Belo, Four Points, Gannett, Gray and McGraw-Hill, among others.
"This renewal is a testament to our amazing production team and to the power of Merv Griffin's original vision," Program Partners' Ritch Colbert said.
A clearance announcement on the company's court show "Family Court With Judge Penny" also is said to be imminent.
ION Media Networks acquired rights to "Baywatch" from Litton Entertainment. ION Television is set to launch "Baywatch" on March 3, with the David Hasselhoff starrer airing at 10 p.m. EST Monday-Thursday.
"This is another fun example of our strategy to offer upbeat, mainstream programming to our viewers," ION chairman and CEO Brandon Burgess said.
Twentieth has cleared the off-Fox forensic drama "Bones" in 45% of the country, including all top 10 markets, for its fall 2009 debut in broadcast syndication.
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Ok, so we did not have the internet we have today back in 1983, but we did have this wonderful things called newsgroups and if you thought you invented over-analyzation and snarkiness, you should really go have a conversation with your father or maybe your weird uncle. Because even though we all have plenty of criticism to lay on the new Star War trilogy and just about every other film today, and we run to the web to post it immediately, this is far from a new phenomenon. The graphics just got better.
The following piece was pulled from a group discussion in 1983 called simply "RotJ Question" (which is about the just released Return of the Jedi). Paw asks…
Has anyone else out there in newsland noticed a similarity between Lucas's "Ewoks" (in RotJ) and H. Beam Piper's "Fuzzies" (of LITTLE FUZZY, etc.)
One comment in net.sf-lovers said that Darth Vader killed the Emperor to save Luke's life. This is not consistent with the presentation made in the RotJ book (available in paperback). In the book, it is made obvious that Vader is just waiting for an opportunity to overthrow the Emperor and take over. The Emperor's attacks on Luke both keeps him occupied and drains some of his power so that Darth sees a chance to act. Darth is successful in the short run but loses in the long run.
In general, the book contains much more detail about the plot than the movie does. This must be in compensation for the difficulty of presenting exciting special moviemaking effects in print. Anyway, a reading of the book may alter the interpretation of some scenes in RotJ.
Patrick Wyant
Bell Labs (Illinois)
I thought everybody knew that Darth was a cute guy until he was thrown into a volcano. Just in case some of you didn't, that is indeed how he got so ugly.
p.s. I couldn't hardly understand Yoda, either. But then, I could never understand Fozzie Bear from the muppets, and of course, they sound exactly alike. It looked like they were using a different puppet for Yoda than last movie. Anyone else think that?
Quite correct. In the novelization of the movie, Ben tells Luke that he and Darth/Anakin had a fight, a Vader fell into a molten pit. When he climbed out, he was completely evil, the last good having vanished (or been burned away).
That is the reason why 1) his head was so scarred and ugly in TESB, and 2) he has to alway the breath mask. He needs the portable life support system — which regulates both breathing and heart rate — in order to stay alive.
Arnold Robbins
I saw the movie last Friday, and I must admit, although I liked it a great deal, the ending left a great deal to be desired. I thought it was just *too* happy and too predictable, with the good guys winning (with little or no harm done – except for a few Ewoks) and the bad guys all dying. Be serious, George! At least some of the stars should have lost their lives in the battle to save the rebels.
Allyn Fratkin
UC San Diego
I thought the net newcomers might enjoy seeing this.
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Subject: Results of 'Other' Poll
Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers,net.movies
It is February 1st — premiere day for "Star Wars" on HBO, so…
Here it is folks! The results of the poll that asked the question:
'Please give your opinion on about whom Yoda was talking when, in "The Empire Strikes Back", he said to OB-Wan, "No, there is an Other", referring to someone (besides Luke?) who could restore the republic.'
For the record, I did not include people who made more than one guess, unless they indicated one much more strongly than the other, in which case I discarded the weaker guess.
I feel I must tell all you potential poll takers not to fear a deluge of response. This was one of the hottest items on the net two months ago, and look — well under 100 responded! I shall keep a list of names and votes, so that I can congratulate the correct people when "Return of the Jedi" comes out.
54 total votes, 22 different votes
16.7%: Princess Leia
11.1%: Han Solo
9.3%: Don't care
9.3%: Boba Fett
7.4%: Someone New
7.4%: Lando Carlissian
5.6%: Darth Vader
5.6%: nobody
3.7%: Wedge
1.9%: Leia's and Luke's son
1.9%: FtG
1.9%: Leia's and Han's son
1.9%: Won't know in R.o.t.J.
1.9%: Luke's father
1.9%: Lost relative of Luke
1.9%: Don't know
1.9%: Mr. Spock
1.9%: OB-2 Kenobi
1.9%: Luke's severed hand
1.9%: Obi-wan Kenobe
1.9%: "Other"==>"Luke gets another shot at success"
Just testing to see if
this newsgroup
Well, it's time to start the roaring discussions going. ROTJ was a fine film, but not as good as the other two. First, it was too busy getting all the things done it had to, and second, it was not nearly as imaginative. There were no surprises. So it's Leia – whoopdedo. So Vader told the truth – tralala! I may not have predicted these things, but the reason I didn't was because they were too obvious, and from TESB I got the impression Lucas liked the "Big Surprise".
So here are some questions/comments
1) Was it really the way of a Jedi to do what Luke did to the lovable Jabba the Hut? There are many other ways he could have rescued Han, the simplest being going in at night with his Jedi mind powers, taking Han and leaving a suitable ransom. Instead, he confronted Jabba directly, knowing this would very probably lead to a battle to the death. Instead of destroying his ships and killing Jabba personally, Luke could have had a ship ready to take them out, or just flown them out with the force. Regardless, what he did smacked of revenge, and revenge is not the way of a Jedi, or else the movie would have had a different title.
2) Until you get to their city, the Ewoks are pure, 100% Fuzzy. They even look like the fuzzies on the cover of my copy of Little Fuzzy. They carry the same weapons, and the only difference is that their voices are not high enough in pitch. Somebody suggested they were the characters from "Earthman's Burden", but I don't agree.
3) Why does a standard Imperial Throne Room include a conveniently located reactor shaft?
4) What extra power does the Emporor have that he can shoot blue bolts from his fingers? We have never seen the force ever do anything like that before. Just who is the emporor anyway? Is the force strong in his family? Is he a member of the Skywalker Clan? Are the Skywalkers like the Amber family? What about Obiwan's family. I guess that Uncle Owen and Aunt Beru were not truly related to Luke.
5) It's not hard to see how Vader killed the Emporor. Young those he was, Luke was no spring chicken with the force, and he was able to beat Vader in a fair fight. Thus it probably was quite an effort for the old emp to put the blue bolts into Luke. It sure took him long enough to kill him. Some might say he was doing this for drama, but I doubt it. I bet a normal man would be dead instantly with one blue bolt. The emporor thus became weak enough that his iron control over Vader broke. Vader was then able to cast him into the convenient reactor shaft.
6) Why did vader die? what killed him? Surely not the lost of his mechanical hand. (Like father, like son!) Nothing else visibly was done. Perhaps the emporor was truly struggling with Vader as he carried him.
7) Of course if Vader had not died, then all kinds of neat things could have happened. Now good, and with the Emporor gone, he would be the acting emporor. He could have managed the rebellion single-handedly,turning the great power of the empire and the death star over to theJedi for peaceful use. Instead, they blew up the death star, which was quite a waste of equipment and otherwise innocent lives.
8) Where was Leia at her pappy's funeral?
9) Will Han and Leia have a kid, and will that kid be the new top Jedi?I bet the force is with Han to some degree, he's such good pilot and shot.
Brad Templeton – Waterloo, Ont. (519) 886-7304
Vader died in the end because some of those blue bolts went into him
as he carried the Emperor. You can even see his skull glowing sometimes
You may not have noticed it, but as Han and Chewie were trying to rescue Lando, you could see Boba Fatt trying to fly out of the monster, being held in
by one of the 'tentacles' (which later tried to pull Lando in).
Then again – since Boba was covered head to foot with weapons, why didn't he just blast the monster's tentacle holding him down?
Rogue Vaxhacker
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Ollalo Project, Islington, London
Saint John of God Hospitaller Services
Refurbishment of 155-157 Copenhagen St Islington London N1 With EHCGP Funding
The Ollalo Project
Olallo House, is a 32 bed accommodation and support service managed by Saint John of God Hospitaller Services (SJOG). The service predominately serves migrants who have a verified history of rough sleeping in the capitol. In addition to this we also support persons with TB and those awaiting hospital discharge who have no fixed abode. We provide: hot meals; job search; one to one keyworker support and support to those who wish to return to their last settled base/their home country.
Since September 2008 Olallo House has supported over 1228 homeless migrants off the streets
155-157 Copehhagen Street The house is owned by the catholic diocese on lease to SJOG for a seven to ten year period. It used to house the local church clergy. It was empty for approximately 10 years.
Who is going to be housed?
Copenhagen St will be classed as 'move on' accommodation for people residing at Olallo House. Aimed at low support working residents who just need that little bit extra time and support to source a more permanent/appropriate housing option. Affordable and secure housing in London for those on low wages is becoming ever more difficult to find.
St John of God received funding from the GLA via the Empty Homes Community Grants Programme to bring Copenhagen Street back into use. The total costs of works was £145k. £71k came from EHCGP with the remainder being met from St John of God's own resources and a charitable grant.
Renovation to the building involved:
- full electrical rewire
- fire alarm system
- new central heating system
- extra shower room with 7 bedrooms provided


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It's wonderful to hear staff, residents and people in our community say we're doing a great job. But it's really special when we get that independent, third-party validation for our performance and the goals we're achieving.
Gainesville, Florida (PRWEB) June 19, 2013
The Village, a senior living community in Gainesville, received national recognition and excellence awards for its employment culture and health care services. The honors are from Professional Research Consultants (PRC), a nationally recognized leader in health care research and assessment.
The 2013 PRC National Excellence in Healthcare Awards, given out this month at its annual conference in Orlando, recognized The Village for the quality of its staff, leadership, resident care and health services. The awards were given to health care providers in categories ranging from emergency room services to long-term care. Excellence awards recognize only the top 10 percent in each category.
"Our staff is phenomenal, and they're always looking for ways to better themselves and the lives of the older adults they serve," says Jim Antonucci, executive director at The Village. "We offer exceptional lifestyle options and health services, and these awards reflect that. It's an honor to be recognized among the elite health care service providers in the country."
The Village received awards for excellence in categories including: As a Place to Work, Senior Leadership, Overall Empowerment, Communication, and Training and Professional Development.
The awards for excellence are based on employee, customer and patient reviews, and on new initiatives implemented during the previous calendar year. Awards were also judged on innovation, originality of programs and services, and impact on patients.
The Village is seeing significant success with new and innovative health care services for residents, including its Vitality Program launched last year. The program simplifies health care for older adults by providing proactive, multi-dimensional health services all in one place. Through a clinic at The Village, residents receive primary care, personal recommendations from medical experts, access to a range of services for healthier lifestyles and on-site management. The Vitality Program is available to all residents in independent living, assisted living and memory support.
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- Research article
- Open Access
- Open Peer Review
Family planning use and fertility desires among women living with HIV in Kenya
© Kimani et al. 2015
- Received: 26 February 2015
- Accepted: 3 September 2015
- Published: 17 September 2015
Enabling women living with HIV to effectively plan whether and when to become pregnant is an essential right; effective prevention of unintended pregnancies is also critical to reduce maternal morbidity and mortality as well as vertical transmission of HIV. The objective of this study is to examine the use of family planning (FP) services by HIV-positive and HIV-negative women in Kenya and their ability to achieve their fertility desires.
Data are derived from a random sample of women seeking family planning services in public health facilities in Kenya who had declared their HIV status (1887 at baseline and 1224 at endline) and who participated in a longitudinal study (the INTEGRA Initiative) that measured the benefits/costs of integrating HIV and sexual/reproductive health services in public health facilities. The dependent variables were FP use in the last 12 months and fertility desires (whether a woman wants more children or not). The key independent variable was HIV status (positive and negative). Descriptive statistics and multivariate logistic regression analysis were used to describe the women's characteristics and to examine the relationship between FP use, fertility desires and HIV status.
At baseline, 13 % of the women sampled were HIV-positive. A slightly higher proportion of HIV-positive women were significantly associated with the use of FP in the last 12 months and dual use of FP compared to HIV-negative women. Regardless of HIV status, short-acting contraceptives were the most commonly used FP methods. A higher proportion of HIV-positive women were more likely to be associated with unintended (both mistimed and unwanted) pregnancies and a desire not to have more children. After adjusting for confounding factors, the multivariate results showed that HIV-positive women were significantly more likely to be associated with dual use of FP (OR = 3.2; p < 0.05). Type of health facility, marital status and household wealth status were factors associated with FP use. Factors associated with fertility desires were age, education level and household wealth status.
The findings highlight important gaps related to utilization of FP among WLHIV. Despite having a greater likelihood of reported use of FP, HIV-positive women were more likely to have had an unintended pregnancy compared to HIV-negative women. This calls for need to strengthen family planning services for WLHIV to ensure they have better access to a wide range of FP methods. There is need to encourage the use of long-acting reversible contraceptive (LARC) to reduce the risk of unintended pregnancy and prevention of vertical transmission of HIV. However, such policies should be based on respect for women's right to informed reproductive choice in the context of HIV/AIDS.
Trial registration
- Family Planning
- Unintended Pregnancy
- Public Health Facility
- Family Planning Service
- Fertility Desire
According to the UNAIDS, at the end of 2010, an estimated 34 million people were living with HIV and sub-Saharan Africa continues to be disproportionately affected by the epidemic. The region accounts for about 68 % of all people living with HIV with women accounting for over half (59 %) of all people living with HIV globally [1]. With major efforts directed at expanding access to life-saving antiretroviral therapy (ART) in sub-Saharan Africa [2], many people on ART are leading productive and sexually active lives and so face challenges in having pregnancies only when intended. Unintended pregnancies (this includes both unwanted and mistimed) and the potential of vertical transmission of HIV to the child are some of the challenges faced by HIV-positive women. Unintended pregnancies for all women can have negative health, economic and social consequences for the woman and child, including increased maternal morbidity and mortality, poor breastfeeding and nutritional status and infant mortality [3]. For HIV-positive women, the likelihood of adverse health outcomes associated with pregnancy are elevated due to a number of factors including faster decline in CD4 count after pregnancy, HIV-related infections and co-morbid conditions (for example, diabetes) [4–9].
Studies in Kenya and Malawi found that 54 and 40 % of HIV-positive women, respectively, reported that their last childbirth was unintended and modern contraceptive use was lower among HIV-positive than HIV-negative women (26 vs. 46 % in Kenya; 19 vs. 46 % in Malawi). Among HIV-positive women who did not want a child ever or in the next two years, less than a third in Kenya and less than a fifth in Malawi were using a modern contraceptive [10].
Enabling women living with HIV to use contraception effectively is a cost-effective strategy that can decrease the number of unintended pregnancies and in turn reduce maternal mortality and vertical transmission of HIV [11–17]. However, this strategy is undervalued and not fully appreciated by those responsible for implementing SRH and HIV programs [18]. At the global level, prevention of unintended pregnancies among women living with HIV has been identified as one of the major components of a comprehensive strategy on prevention of mother-to-child (PMTCT) HIV transmission [19].
Women living with HIV, like all women, have a right to make and act freely and voluntarily upon their reproductive decisions, including whether and when to become pregnant. The ability to bear children continues to have a high social value in Kenya and many women living with HIV desire to become pregnant to avoid being shunned or stigmatized or to sustain their marriage and to leave children as their legacy should they die from AIDS [20, 21]. Understanding the fertility preferences and reproductive decisions of HIV-positive women is vital for informing policy and programmatic efforts to enable them to achieve these desires effectively and safely). Evidence on fertility desires and family planning among WLHIV has been growing [22–32]. This study describes and compares use of family planning and fertility desires among HIV-positive and HIV-negative women attending 12 rural and peri-urban public health facilities for FP services in five counties in the Central region of Kenya.
Description of intervention
The Integra Initiative was a multi-country research study measuring the feasibility, effects and costs of integrated HIV and sexual and reproductive health services in Kenya and Swaziland. The integrated HIV and FP service model developed explicit linkages with FP services and relevant HIV/AIDS services, and enabling linkage with antiretroviral therapy (ART) services for eligible clients, either on-site or through referral to other health facilities. Before recruitment of participants, providers in study intervention facilities were trained in provision of integrated services using a Balanced Counselling Strategy Plus algorithm (BCS+) and a standardised mentorship strategy described elsewhere [33]. Study implementation begun after intervention-facility providers were certified as attaining a pre-determined minimum level of clinical skills. To be eligible for inclusion in the FP-HIV study, the women had to be aged 15 years and over, be revisit FP clients, be living in the catchment area of the health facility, and willing to give their informed consent to be interviewed. The study methodology used to evaluate the intervention is described in detail elsewhere [34].
Study population and sampling
The data were collected through the INTEGRA Initiative - a multi-country research study measuring the benefits and costs of integrated HIV and sexual and reproductive health services (www.integrainitiative.org). The study sample was selected randomly from women seeking family planning services at 12 public health facilities in Kenya. Participants were recruited between November 2009 and May 2010 as a cohort of women using FP that were followed for 24 months during which measures were made three times to determine trends in several reproductive health indicators, including fertility desires, pregnancy status (both planned and unintended), consistency in use of FP, and HIV status.
A total of 1959 women were recruited at baseline, of which 1636 (83.5 %) were reported being HIV-negative and 251 (12.8 %) reported being HIV-positive; 72 women declined to report their HIV status. At endline, 1224 women remained in the cohort, of which 1068 (87.3 %) were HIV-negative and 156 (12.7 %) were HIV-positive. For this analysis, we used baseline and endline data only, and included only women willing to report their HIV status. The desired sample size of 1959 was calculated to test the larger study hypothesis that exposure to the FP model of intervention would lead to an increase in condom use in addition to another contraceptive method by at least 5 percent among sexually active women over two years and to allow for 30 % loss-to-follow up.
The women were recruited from 12 public health facilities which were purposively selected based on provision of a minimum range of services (FP, voluntary counseling and testing (VCT), STI treatment, and PMTCT) and a minimum number of FP clients (100 or more per month). The health facilities were located in peri-urban and rural areas of five counties in Kenya; the facilities comprised four hospitals and eight health centres. All women seeking FP services from the health facilities on the days when the research team was present were approached for recruitment until the desired sample size was reached. For inclusion, the women had to be aged 15 years and over, live in the catchment area of the health facility, and give their informed consent to be interviewed. All adolescents 15 – 17 years were only interviewed following parental consent.
Data collection
A closed-ended questionnaire was used to collect data on women's fertility intentions, pregnancy, use of FP, other SRH and STI/HIV-related behaviors and health-seeking behaviors. Women were also asked whether they ever had an HIV test, whether they knew their status, and if so, whether they were willing to voluntarily disclose their status. There was no pressure for them to disclose their HIV status and unwillingness to do so was not a criterion for exclusion from participating in the INTEGRA study. Trained research assistants conducted the interviews using hand-held personal digital assistants (PDAs) loaded with the questionnaire tool translated into Swahili. Every respondent was given a full description of the study and gave their informed consent in writing prior to interview.
Data analysis
Descriptive, bivariate and multivariate analyses were carried out using STATA ® version 10. The descriptive and bivariate analyses were used to describe the characteristics of the sample and explore the associations between FP use in the last 12 months, fertility desires and the woman's HIV status. Chi-square (X2) and Fisher's Exact tests were used for bivariate analyses. Multivariate logistic regression analysis was conducted to examine these relationships controlling for potential confounding factors (including marital status, education, and household socioeconomic status (SES) identified in previous research [21, 30, 35–37]. The analysis models included an interaction term between HIV status and timing of data collection to assess changes in FP use and fertility desires over time.
Definition of variables in the analysis
Operational definition
Dependent variables
Used family planning method in last 12 months
Yes = 1 and No = 0
Desires more children
Yes = 1, No = 0 and Undecided = 2
Key independent variables
HIV status
Positive = 1 and Negative = 0
Number of children desired
Average number desired
Facility type
Health center = 1 and Hospital = 0
Dual protection in the last 12 months (condom use with another FP method)
Yes = 1 and No = 0
Timing of next birth
1 to 2 years = 1 and 3 years or more = 2
Intention regarding last birth
Wanted to be pregnant = 1, Mistimed = 2, and Unwanted = 3
Other independent variables
Age of respondents
0 = 15-24 years, 1 = 25-34 years, 2 = 35+ years
Marital status
0 = Married, 1 = Single, and 2 = Divorced/separated/widowed
0 = Primary and below, 1 = Secondary/higher
Household SESa
0 = Non-poor and 1 = Poor
Ethical considerations
The study was approved by the Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) Ethical Review Board (IRB approval numbers 113 and 114), the Population Council's Institutional Review Board (IRB approval numbers 443 and 444), and the Ethics Review Committee of the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) (IRB approval number 5426). The Integra Initiative is registered on the Clinical Trials registration site: ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01694862. All research staff were trained and certified in research ethics. Written informed consent was obtained from all participants.
Descriptive analysis
Socio-demographic characteristics by HIV status at baseline
HIV-positive (N = 251)
HIV-negative (N = 1,636)
p value
Age of respondents
15–24 years
25–34 years
35+ years
Mean age in years (SD)
34 (6.1)
28 (6.0)
Marital status
Primary and below
Secondary and higher
Household SES
Bivariate associations between HIV status and explanatory variables
Desire more children
80 (201)
44 (727)
82 (66)
57 (300)
18 (46)
52 (843)
15 (12)
42 (218)
2 (4)
4 (65)
3 (2)
1 (6)
Average number of children desired (standard deviation)
3.0 (1.4)
3.1 (1.0)
3.2 (1.1)
3.3 (1.0)
Timing of next birth
1–2 years
52 (24)
20 (169)
36 (5)
29 (64)
3 years or more
48 (22)
80 (674)
64 (9)
71 (160)
Intention regarding last birth
Wanted to be pregnant then
57 (142)
70 (1,144)
33 (4)
71 (72)
Mistimed (wanted to be pregnant later)
28 (70)
21 (347)
25 (3)
24 (24)
Unwanted (wanted no more children)
15 (38)
9 (142)
42 (5)
5 (5)
Used family planning in last 12 months
1 (3)
7 (121)
10 (16)
10 (102)
99 (247)
93 (1,505)
90 (140)
91 (966)
Dual protection in last 12 months
59 (146)
97 (1,461)
13 (14)
92 (879)
41 (101)
3 (44)
87 (90)
8 (72)
Facility type
94 (237)
67 (1,105)
96 (150)
67 (721)
Health center
6 (14)
33 (531)
4 (6)
33 (347)
Age of respondents
15–24 years
4 (11)
32 (526)
1 (1)
15 (161)
25–34 years
51 (128)
51 (838)
44 (69)
56 (598)
35+ years
45 (112)
17 (272)
55 (86)
29 (309)
Marital status
22 (56)
3 (45)
21 (33)
4 (38)
62 (155)
96 (1,572)
57 (89)
93 (994)
16 (40)
1 (19)
22 (34)
3 (36)
Primary and below
71 (178)
58 (955)
71 (108)
Secondary and higher
29 (73)
42 (681)
29 (43)
42 (434)
Household SES
56 (140)
47 (771)
56 (88)
51 (546)
44 (111)
53 (865)
44 (68)
49 (522)
Fertility desires and HIV status
Significantly higher proportions of HIV-positive women reported not wanting to have more children but there were no significant differences in the number of children desired (Table 3). Further analysis showed that more HIV-positive women than HIV-negative women already had their desired number of children (60 vs. 39 %; p < 0.001). At baseline, HIV-positive women were more likely to report wanting to become pregnant within one to two years (52 vs. 20 %; p < 0.001) than HIV-negative women, but at endline there was no statistically significant difference.
At baseline, a significantly higher proportion of HIV-positive women reported that their last birth was unintended (either mistimed or unwanted). At endline, only 12 HIV-positive women had a pregnancy since recruitment and out of these, eight said their pregnancy was unintended.
Family planning use and HIV status
Type of FP methods used in the last 12 months by HIV status
HIV-positive (N = 247)
HIV-negative (N = 1,505)
p value
HIV-positive (N = 140)
HIV-negative (N = 966)
p value
% (n)
% (n)
% (n)
% (n)
Hormonal pills
13 (32)
32 (485)
14 (19)
30 (294)
36 (90)
59 (880)
41 (57)
45 (433)
Male condoms
41 (101)
1 (18)
26 (36)
2 (15)
3 (8)
4 (55)
6 (9)
15 (140)
2 (6)
3 (51)
11 (15)
7 (67)
Female sterilization
2 (6)
0 (0)
3 (4)
1 (8)
Further analysis showed that among women with unintended pregnancy (regardless of HIV status), a majority reported using injectables (52 %), 25 % used hormonal pills, 8 % used IUCDs and 6 % used implants.
Dual protection and HIV status
Dual protection (use of condom and another FP method) was significantly higher among HIV-positive than HIV-negative women at baseline (41 vs. 3 %; p < 0.001) and endline (87 vs. 8 %; p < 0.001), and increased dramatically over the two-year period; among HIV-negative women there was also a significant increase in the proportion reporting dual protection (Table 3).
Multivariate analysis
Family planning use and HIV status
Adjusted odds ratios (ORs) and 95 % confidence intervals (CIs) for family planning use and explanatory variables
Family planning use
Without interaction term (HIV status and study round)
With interaction term (HIV status and study round)
Adjusted OR
Adjusted OR
HIV status (Ref = HIV-negative)
Study round (Ref = Baseline)
Facility type (Ref = Hospital)
Health center
Desire more children (Ref = Yes/undecided)
Number of children desired
Age of respondents (Ref = 15-24 years)
25-34 years
35+ years
Marital status (Ref = Married)
Not married
Education (Ref = Primary and below)
Secondary and higher
Household SES (Ref = Non-poor)
Women who were recruited at health centers were significantly more likely to have used FP in the previous 12 months than women recruited at hospitals. Unmarried and non-poor women, regardless of HIV status, were less likely to have used FP in the previous 12 months; education did not influence FP use.
Dual protection and HIV status
Adjusted odds ratios (ORs) and 95 % confidence intervals (CIs) for dual use of family planning and explanatory variables
Dual use of family planning
Without interaction term (HIV status and study round)
With interaction term (HIV status and study round)
Adjusted OR
Adjusted OR
HIV status (Ref = HIV-negative)
Study round (Ref = Baseline)
Facility type (Ref = Hospital)
Health center
Desire more children (Ref = Yes/undecided)
Number of children desired
Age of respondents (Ref = 15-24 years)
25-34 years
35+ years
Marital status (Ref = Married)
Not married
Education (Ref = Primary and below)
Secondary and higher
Household SES (Ref = Non-poor)
Fertility desires and HIV status
Adjusted odds ratios (ORs) and 95 % confidence intervals (CIs) for fertility desires (wanting no more children) and explanatory variables
Fertility desires (wanting no more children)
Without interaction term (HIV status and study round)
With interaction term (HIV status and study round)
Adjusted OR
Adjusted OR
HIV status (Ref = HIV-negative)
Study round (Ref = Baseline)
Facility type (Ref = Hospital)
Health center
Age of respondents (Ref = 15–24 years)
25–34 years
35+ years
Marital status (Ref = Married)
Not married
Education (Ref = Primary and below)
Secondary and higher
Household SES (Ref = Non-poor)
The objective of this paper was to examine family planning use and fertility desires among women living with HIV who attended FP clinics in resource-limited settings in Kenya. The findings show that a high proportion of women in the sample were HIV-positive (13 %), which is much higher than the national rate of 5.6 % [38] .
Family planning use and HIV status
We also found that a majority of women in the sample had used FP in the last 12 months and short-term contraceptives were the mostly commonly used methods. There were significant differences in FP use by HIV status. Similar to previous studies [30, 39], our study showed that HIV-positive women were more likely to use FP compared to HIV-negative women. However, over time, there was a general reduction in FP use and the decline was greater among HIV-positive than HIV-negative women. We could not find a plausible explanation for this finding. Similar to previous research [40], we found that most HIV-positive women used condoms compared to HIV-negative women. This finding suggests the FP advice received from providers is dominated by 'condom' messages. Further analysis, showed there was a slight increase in the average number of children desired among HIV-positive women at endline, which is consistent with the decline in FP use at endline. A previous study in Kenya and Zambia found no differences in the use of contraceptives between HIV-positive and HIV-negative women except in condom use [20]. Type of health facility was significantly associated with family planning use. Women who visited a health center had a higher likelihood of using family planning compared to women who went to a hospital. One plausible reason for this finding is that women only needed short-acting contraceptives and not long-acting contraceptives, which require a higher level of clinical skills and equipment than shorter-term methods and these, are more likely to be found in a higher-level facility.
Consistent with previous research conducted in Kenya to assess the attitudes toward family planning among HIV-positive pregnant women [35], our study findings showed that marital status was also an important determinant of family planning use. Women who were not married were less likely to use family planning compared to married women. Household socioeconomic status was associated with family planning use. Women from poor households were more likely to use family planning compared to their counterparts from wealthier households. This observation is further supported by the results from the multivariate regression model on fertility desires, which showed that women from poor households were more likely not to desire more children compared to women from wealthier households. One plausible explanation is that providers could be promoting more FP use to poorer households or (perhaps more likely) the motivation to use contraceptives is higher because of poverty or expense of bringing up children (poorer households feel the burden more). These findings are not consistent with previous research in Zambia and Swaziland which found that women from wealthier households were more likely to be associated with contraceptive use compared to women from poorer households [30].
Dual protection and HIV status
A higher proportion of HIV-positive women were associated with dual method use compared to HIV-negative women. Previous Integra research also confirmed that dual method use was higher among HIV-positive than HIV-negative women in Swaziland [40]. Women who were not married were more likely to be associated with dual use of family planning compared to married women. This suggests that women who are not married are using condoms (most likely during casual sexual encounters) in addition to another family planning method unlike their married counterparts for whom condom use is low [38, 41, 42], and is mostly associated with disease and infidelity.
Fertility desires and HIV status
The proportion of mistimed and unintended pregnancies was higher among HIV-positive women compared to HIV-negative women. This finding is similar to previous research, which found high numbers of mistimed pregnancies among Women living with HIV [39]. Among women with unintended pregnancy (regardless of HIV status), a majority reported using short-term family planning methods. This finding corroborates previous research conducted in Swaziland which found only short-acting methods were used prior to the most recent pregnancy [40]. This finding suggests that challenges still exist with regard to helping women avoid unintended pregnancies; further mixed-methods research with HIV-positive women reported elsewhere, suggests this may be because of lack of access to more effective (less user/partner dependent) long-acting contraception [43].
Similar to previous research [10, 21, 22, 29, 30, 43], our study findings show that at baseline, HIV-positive women were less likely to want more children compared to HIV-negative women. However, over time, there were no significant differences in fertility desires between the two groups. Age was a significant predictor of fertility desires. Generally, the likelihood of not wanting more children increased with age. This finding is consistent with previous studies which found that older women were less likely to want more children compared to younger women [21, 30]. Education level and household socioeconomic status were associated with fertility desires. Women with secondary and higher education were more likely to want more children compared to their counterparts with primary education and lower. Findings from previous studies on the association between education and fertility desires were mixed. In Zambia, women with no education and those with higher education were associated with a higher likelihood of wanting more children compared to those with secondary education. While in Lesotho, women with higher level education did not want to have more children (Johnson et al., 2009) compared to those with secondary education. However, a meta-analysis of fertility desires of people living with HIV found no strong association of fertility desire with better education (Berhan Y and Berhan A, 2013).
The findings from our study have important implications for policy and programmatic efforts aimed at addressing sexual and reproductive health and HIV needs of women. First, the proportion of women who are infected with HIV is higher than the national rate highlighting the need to ramp up efforts aimed at addressing the increased risk of acquiring HIV among women. Prevention of unintended pregnancies (i.e., for prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission) and promotion of dual protection are important measures here. Second, our study results suggest that despite the high uptake family planning methods among HIV-positive women, the proportion of mistimed and unintended pregnancies was higher among HIV-positive women compared to HIV-negative women. This calls for need to strengthen family planning services for HIV-positive women by addressing the underlying factors that may place these women at increased risk of unintended pregnancies. At the global level, prevention of unintended pregnancies among HIV-positive women has been identified as one of the major components of a comprehensive strategy on prevention of mother-to-child (PMTCT) HIV transmission [19]. Our study found that short-acting contraceptives were the most commonly used methods. There is need to encourage the use of long-acting reversible contraceptive (LARC) to reduce the risk of unintended pregnancy. These methods do not require maintenance and last for a longer period compared to short-acting contraceptives.
The lost-to-follow-up (LFU) was 30 and 28 % for the intervention and comparison groups, respectively. The LFU was within the anticipated range (30 %) and a sensitivity check suggested that it was random not systematic, and, therefore, no effect on the findings.
Our study had a number of limitations that need to be highlighted. First, the data on HIV status was self-reported and, therefore, may have been subject to bias (either under reporting or over reporting, though the latter is unlikely) since individuals have a propensity to provide socially desirable responses, especially to questions on sensitive subject matter. Second, due to lack of data on cultural beliefs and practices, we were unable to assess the association between these factors and fertility desires among women living with HIV. Evidence shows that cultural factors play an important role in shaping decisions related to childbearing [21, 22]. Other Integra publications use qualitative data to explore cultural and stigma-related factors related to fertility and contraceptive use (Mayhew SH, Colombini M, Tomlin K, Kimani J, Warren C, Zhou W, Mutemwa R, for the Integra Initiative. I do not like getting a baby when I have not planned…" Fertility intentions, contraceptive practices and inappropriately met need, among women living with HIV in Kenya. (Submitted)), [44]. Also, since the data for this study was collected from women seeking family planning services from selected public health facilities in one of the eight administrative regions in Kenya, we cannot generalize about family planning use and fertility desires among all women in Kenya. However, our findings provide important insights about use of FP vis-à-vis unintended pregnancies among women living with HIV in resource-limited settings.
In conclusion, our study findings highlight the need and importance of making family planning services an integral and continuous part of HIV prevention, treatment and care programming initiatives. HIV-positive women who desire to limit childbearing should be identified and supported to address factors exposing them to increased risk of unintended pregnancies.
The Integra Initiative is a research collaboration between the International Planned Parenthood Federation, the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and the Population Council, investigating the benefits and costs of integrated SRH and HIV services and supported by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Research was conducted in Swaziland, Kenya and Malawi.
Research team: Timothy Abuya, Ian Askew, Isolde Birdthistle, Kathryn Church, Manuela Colombini, Natalie Friend du-Preez, Joshua Kikuvi, James Kimani, Jackline Kivunaga, Joelle Mak, Susannah Mayhew (PI), Christine Michaels, Richard Mutemwa, Charity Ndwiga, Carol Dayo Obure, Sedona Sweeney, Anna Vassall, Charlotte E. Warren (PI), Charlotte Watts (PI) and Weiwei Zhou.
Integra was supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
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Music lesson programs are the prescription for curing the summertime sales blues
What makes summer a drag? No customers coming in your store and no cash going in your cash register. Summer music programs can be a quick fix to increase your traffic flow and make your register ring all summer long.
Design programs that are fun for your customers and also inspire them to spend money.
These programs bring in revenue from not only student tuition but also from instructional book and sheet music sales. Accessory sales will spike since students are going to need reeds and strings, and charging admission to the final performances can bring in some cash. If you're hosting band camps, you might even keep some rental income if customers don't return their instruments at the end of the program.
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For maximum results, these programs should be four to six weeks in length. During this time, your store's foot traffic will increase, creating a music community. Long-term bonds are made this way. Parents will talk about what's going on at the store. You'll have anticipation leading up to the final gig. If you only run the program for a week, it'll be over and done before you know it and won't have a lasting impact on your lesson program. One-week programs can be more trouble than they're worth — they disrupt your music lessons and retail business.
At my former store, Alta Loma Music in Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., we hosted our own "Glee" program for voice students. We placed them into different age groups and used such books as Hal Leonard's Let's All Sing series. Participants each had their own copy of the book.
We also hosted separate beginner and intermediate summer band camps. We recruited students from our rental program and local elementary school bands. This kept kids interested in continuing to play. Hal Leonard's Essential Elements band folios are ideal for this kind of program and feature popular songs from movies and Broadway. Summer jazz bands and rock bands are obvious options, too.
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These programs are also great marketing tools for attracting new students to your store and your music lessons program. You can get extra traction by posting videos from the events on your YouTube channel.
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I don't make the decisions but I'd agree this is something we should look into. I think 15-20 minutes should be plenty of time to do what needs doing. (Piss, smoke, whatever.) Anything beyond that and you are just crippling a team by 1+. (That 1+ player can make all the difference when it's full of regs/good players.) P.S.Oh yeah, and we have had at least 1 person come on in the last week just to be a d-bag by not doing anything, wasting a slot. I finally kicked them when the team started to complain after asking them to try, and they didn't. (Right after they said "If I don't get kicked for this... LMAO" kinda comment. So I did.)
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The Writers' Workshop, York Festival of Writing 2012. webpage
Of course, I was absurdly over-optimistic.
I knew, deep down.
It was a flicker on the gauges. Nothing more. It caught at the corner of my eye but I had other things to do.
Then the cracks began to appear and were politely pointed out.
At the York Festival of Writing, this is the process known as the "one-to-ones". The Bookdoc or Agent (prestigious people all) have a couple of weeks to take a look at the chapter you submitted a month or two before; the first chapter of your book. Then, at the Festival, you have ten minutes to defend it - i.e. to receive their response face to face. The Bookdoc also gave me a feedback form, a summary of the response, to take away with me and ... well, read at my leisure.
This is when you need to take a step back.
Objective distance is necessary but, on the York University campus, this means standing not too close to the edge of the lake.
Such books now seem to need some really strong or distinctive edgeOK. I can live with that.
But ...
I did wonder if the archaeology would be more of a settingMe too. It was only the first chapter.
But, even more to the point ...
It feels as if we have two stories ... that might need working out a little.Ah. Now we're getting somewhere. Gauges flicker.
One Agent, on Saturday, said: "Where's the archaeology?"
The other Agent, on Sunday, said: "Where's the crime?"
Harry Bingham said: The Art of the Pause.
It was interesting.
The Sunday one-to-one fell in the middle of Harry Bingham's workshop The Art of the Pause in which Harry invited us to consider the last three paragraphs of the first chapter of the book The City & The City by China Mieville. This was interesting in itself because my Saturday Agent had suggested that I might want to read this book. That's the sort of coincidence I notice. The gauges were flickering.
Returning to Harry's workshop after twenty five minutes, I remembered how Harry had said that China Mieville set up 'The Pause' with one enigmatic sentence:
With a hard start, I realised that she was not on GunterStrasz at all, and that I should not have seen her.This, apparently (I must read the book), is never explained. The technique, Harry said, was to set up the pause and then do nothing. Never explain.
Where's the archaeology?
Where's the crime?
Come on, Gentlemen. That's the tease. That's the pause.
Foolish optimism was returning. I knew what I was doing. No, I didn't, but I saw there was the possibility that I might, eventually.
The gauges were flickering.
All was not well - I might have to break it up, rewrite it, re imagine it, them, however many there might turn out to be (the novels were breeding like mice in my imagination) - but that was alright. I could do it. Just think. I could have a cheap and cheerful police procedural self-published with Amazon for Kindle and a literary novel provoking questions like "Where's the archaeology?" or "Where's the crime?"
Quids in. Hey! Or, as they say, the pennies.
I must go and take a proper long look at those gauges.


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Tuesday, 26 May 2015
Fan-tastic Tuesday challenge 87
This is my design card for Fan-tastic Tuesday challenge 87: anything goes with a twist ... add some texture. Please click on the link to see the lovely designs of the rest of the team and join in our challenge.
I've used a 'tea time' image from Deedee's Digis, sponsor of the challenge, adding the sentiment.
The strip of hessian and the burlap flowers were from Poundland.
This is also for:
Pink gem 145: flowers
Stamp and create May: flowers
Craftin desert divas: summer crafty creations
Loves rubber stamps 153: coffee, tea or favourite beverage
Scrappers delights 44: anything goes
Through the craft room door: anything goes
Tuesday throwdown 246: anything goes
613 avenue create 125: anything goes
Corrosive 225: anything goes
Robyn's fetish 265: anything goes
Scribble and scrap 45: anything goes
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Crafting from the heart 61: anything goes
The pink elephant 300: anything goes
Stampartpapel retarte 49: anything goes
Not just cards 20: anything goes
Inspiration destination 34: anything goes
Sister act 107: anything goes
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Oh this is so super cute, love the burlap and the fabulous flowers you used with your image. Thanks for playing with us over at Loves Rubberstamps!!!ReplyDelete
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Such a pretty card...the pink burlap is wonderful texture! Thanks for sharing with us at Loves Rubberstamps, good luck this week!ReplyDelete
Wonderful, love the image and the use of the coloured burlap. Thanks for sharing with us at Crafting from the Heart Challenges this week and hope to see you again soon.ReplyDelete
Pretty card Hazel, love the burlap, glad you could join our coffee, tea or favourite beverage challenge this week at Loves Rubberstamps,hope to see you soon again,ReplyDelete
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So cute! Wow I love that pink burlap, what an awesome idea, and the flowers too. Great card, thanks for joining us at Loves Rubberstamps!ReplyDelete
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I love this pretty card! And the background is fabulous! Thanks for joining the Craftin Desert Divas Summer Linky Party happy crafting DT JessicaReplyDelete
Just love the colours and textures.Such a pretty card.Thanks for joining us at Craft Your Passion.Hope to see you again next week.ReplyDelete
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this looks tea-riffic! I love the texture you added and the colours are so pretty.ReplyDelete
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