Counselling at primary health facilities and level of knowledge of antenatal attendees and their attitude on prevention of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV in Dar-es salaam, Tanzania

Wangwe, Peter; Nyasinde, M; Charles, Davis

doi:10.4314/ahs.v13i4.8

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“…In this study education level of secondary and above were 5.4 times (AOR = 5.4, 95% CI 2.69-10.98) more likely to be knowledgeable on PMTCT of HIV than those with no formal education. This explanation is in line with the study done in, Addis Ababa, Hawassa and Tanzania [8,11,12]. This could be because when the women become educated their health seeking behavior and access to information might be increased.…”

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Knowledge of prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV among women of reproductive age group and associated factors at Mecha district, Northwest Ethiopia

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Objective: This study was aimed to asses knowledge of prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV among reproductive age women and associated factors at Mecha district, North West Ethiopia. A community based cross sectional study was conducted among 853 reproductive age women from July 1-30/2016 in Mecha district. By multistage sampling technique data were collected through pre-tested questionnaire. The collected data was entered in Epi Data 3.1 and analyzed with SPSS version 20. Bivariate and multivariable logistic regression model were used. Result: About 22.4% of the respondents were knowledgeable on prevention of mother to child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV. Having knowledge on PMTCT of HIV was significantly associated with urban residence (AOR = 2.486, 95% CI 1.160-5.328), education level of secondary and above (AOR = 5.445, 95% CI 2.698-10.986), those having history of antenatal care followup (AOR = 4.430, 95% CI 1.471-13.340), those with history of institutional delivery (AOR = 4.766, 95%CI 2.004-11.334), those having comprehensive knowledge on HIV/AIDS (AOR = 1.697, 95%CI 1.011-2.846), women who were knowledgeable about mother to child transmission of HIV (AOR = 2.203, 95% CI 1.37-3.54), and women who held discussions with their husband regarding HIV/AIDS, (AOR = 2.700, 95% CI 1.658-4.396).

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Knowledge of prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV among women of reproductive age group and associated factors at Mecha district, Northwest Ethiopia

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“…The frequently mentioned reason for not up taking VHCT service in this study was fear of stigma and discrimination both in qualitative and quantitative (40.9%) results. This finding was supported by studies in Northwest Ethiopia [9,11] and other studies [9,12,22,16,17,[25][26][27][28]. The reason of no tested for HIV in about 63.5% pregnant mothers in North-West Ethiopia was fear of rejection by the community if result become positive [9].…”

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Voluntary HIV Counseling and Testing Service Utilization among Pregnant Mothers in North West Ethiopia In 2014

Gidey¹

2015

J AIDS Clin Res

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Mother to child transmission of HIV; NorthWest Ethiopia; Ethiopia Methods and Materials Study setting and design The study was conducted in Enemay woreda/district which is found in East Gojjam zone of Amhara regional state. It is located 265 km from Addis Ababa city, 230 km from Bahir Dar town and 90 km from Debre Markos town. The woreda comprises 34 kebeles in which five of them are urban and the rest are rural kebeles. The total population of the woreda is 187,946 out of this 41,348 are mothers of reproductive age group. There are 7 health centers all of them provide VHCT service.

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“…This study found 70.5% of women in Zimbabwe had correct comprehensive knowledge of MTCT and PMTCT. This finding was higher than 34.9% reported in Ethiopia [8], 60% in Tanzania [18], 50% in Uganda [19], and 58.6% in the United States of America [20]. On the other hand, it was lower than 78% in Nigeria [21].…”

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Determinants of comprehensive knowledge of mother to child transmission (MTCT) of HIV and its prevention among Zimbabwean women: Analysis of 2015 Zimbabwe Demographic and Health Survey

Masaka

Dikeleko

Moleta

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Alexandria Journal of Medicine

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Introduction: The global burden of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome has significantly decreased; however, new HIV infections decline slowly; this poses challenges to achieve Sustainable Development Goal 3.3. Mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) of HIV contributes to about 6.4% of all new pediatric HIV infections in Zimbabwe. Women's comprehensive knowledge of MTCT of HIV and its prevention is associated with poor utilization of MTCT services and therefore new pediatric HIV infections. We use Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) of 2015 to measure determinants of correct comprehensive knowledge of MTCT and prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT)of HIV in Zimbabwe. Methods: We conducted a secondary analysis of 2015 DHS among 9955 women at reproductive age. Correct comprehensive knowledge of MTCT and PMTCT was measured as a composite score of five questions. We used weighing factors to account for the two-stage cluster sampling technique. Frequencies and relative frequencies were used to measure sociodemographic factors of women; we employed bivariate and multivariate logistic regression analysis to examine determinants of correct comprehensive knowledge of MTCT and PMTCT. Results: About 70.5% of women have correct comprehensive knowledge of MTCT and PMTCT. In multivariate logistic regression analysis, factors strongly associated with correct comprehensive knowledge were age of women (where 15-19 years have lower adjusted odds ratio [AOR] than other age groups), residing in Mashonaland central, Masvingo, Harare, and Bulawayo provinces (p < 0.005), and receiving posttest counseling after HIV test (AOR = 1.49, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.12-1.98, p = 0.007). However, Christian women were less likely to have such knowledge (AOR = 0.57, 95% CI = 0.37-0.88, p = 0.012). Discussion: 30% of women at reproductive age in Zimbabwe lack correct comprehensive knowledge of MTCT and its prevention. Such knowledge is associated with demographic factors such as age, religion, provinces, and receiving posttest counseling. The fact that MTCT of HIV still poses a challenge in the country, interventions toward the elimination of new newborn HIV infections should consider these factors.

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Counselling at primary health facilities and level of knowledge of antenatal attendees and their attitude on prevention of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV in Dar-es salaam, Tanzania

Cited by 13 publications

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Knowledge of prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV among women of reproductive age group and associated factors at Mecha district, Northwest Ethiopia

Knowledge of prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV among women of reproductive age group and associated factors at Mecha district, Northwest Ethiopia

Voluntary HIV Counseling and Testing Service Utilization among Pregnant Mothers in North West Ethiopia In 2014

Determinants of comprehensive knowledge of mother to child transmission (MTCT) of HIV and its prevention among Zimbabwean women: Analysis of 2015 Zimbabwe Demographic and Health Survey

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