A Call to Action for Programs and Doula Services to Support Pregnant Women With HIV in the United States Through Education and Training: A Commentary
Current perinatal HIV guidelines advocate for a patient-centered approach to infant feeding for people with HIV. With guidance and support, eligible people with HIV can consider all feeding options-including breastfeeding-for their infants. In this commentary, we provide a background on infant feeding choice for people with HIV. We also propose the incorporation of doula services into an existing perinatal HIV service to support the success of an infant feeding choice approach.
Authors
- Olga Villar‐Loubet
- María L. Alcaide (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4648-0145)
- Lydia A. Fein (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0673-051X)
- Kelly M. Harris
- JoNell Potter (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4620-2316)
- Lunthita Duthely (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9003-3257)
- Q Holden
- Nelly Diaz‐Mendez
- Isabella Rosa-Cunha
Institutions
- University of Miami (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care
- Published
- 2025-11-12
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/jnc.0000000000000600
- Primary Topic
- HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00