Pregnant women's knowledge of perinatal HIV infection in a resource limited setting
Pregnant women's knowledge of perinatal HIV infection in a resource limited setting作者机构：Department of Obstetrics and GynaecologyAbia State University Teaching HospitalP.M.B.7004AbaAbia StateNigeria
出 版 物：《Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine》 (亚太热带医药杂志（英文版）)
年 卷 期：2008年第1卷第3期
页 面：69-71页
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学科分类：1002[医学-临床医学] 100211[医学-妇产科学] 10[医学]
主 题：pregnant women knowledge perinatal HIV transmission
摘 要：The purpose of the study was to assess pregnant women s knowledge of perinatal human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection.A descriptive study involving 100 consecutive and consenting patients at the antenatal clinic of Abia State University Teaching Hospital(ABSUTH),Aba,South Eastern Nigeria,over the period 1st November, 2007 to 15th January,2008 was *** a structured questionnaire,the respondents’sociodemographic data were recorded as well as their knowledge of perinatal HTV *** 85%of the pregnant women were aware of perinatal HTV transmission,only 69%knew that if a baby tested positive to HIV at delivery,it meant that the mother is infected with *** one percent of the pregnant women wrongly thought that all babies bom to mothers with HIV also get infected whilst 83%knew that HTV can be transmitted through breast *** pregnant women demonstrated an incomplete knowledge of perinatal HTV transmission. The findings of this study underscore the continued need for intensified health education about prevention of perinatal HTV infection in our community in order to reduce the impact of HIV,especially in
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