Knowledge of antiretrovirals in preventing parentto-child-transmission of HIV: a cross-sectional study among women living with HIV in Tamil Nadu, India

Rastogi, Saumya; Charles, Bimal; Sam, Asirvatham Edwin

doi:10.4103/2224-3151.207023

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“…This reflects that fairly good number of antenatal women attending the hospital is aware about HIV/AIDS. However, it is comparatively less than the study conducted at SRMC hospital, Chennai (6) . The main source of information on HIV/AIDS among pregnant women in our study is education, followed by Television, through Health providers, Newspapers & posters which are quite from different from other studies conducted at Olabisi Onabanjo University in Nigeria (7) and at Chennai where the television is the main source of information, followed by others.…”

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Awareness and knowledge about mother to child transmission of HIV/AIDS among antenatal women attending tertiary care hospital

Indira¹

2018

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The vast majority of HIV-positive children worldwide acquire the infection through vertical transmission. The transmission of HIV from a HIV-positive mother to her child during pregnancy, labor, delivery, or breastfeeding is called Mother-To-Child Transmission. Awareness and attitude towards HIV and the prevention of MTCT in antenatal women is important in reducing the incidence of HIV in children. The study was conducted to evaluate the cognizance of HIV/AIDS and to study the influence of sociodemographic factors on the knowledge of vertical transmission of HIV among pregnant women. The data was collected using a well-structured and interviewer administered questionnaire. The study showed the overall low level of knowledge among pregnant women on HIV/AIDS especially regarding it' MTCT. From the study, education proved to be the major weapon that can improve the knowledge among pregnant women. Our study even shows that there is less effort of health providers towards educating the antenatal women regarding HIV. Even spouse testing for HIV is low. There is a need to increase the cognizance of HIV and MTCT among pregnant women who were less educated and belonging to lower socio economic status.

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Awareness and knowledge about mother to child transmission of HIV/AIDS among antenatal women attending tertiary care hospital

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2018

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“…3 The prevalence of HIV infection among pregnant women in India is coming down and current prevalence is around 0.7%, but still India is one of the top ten countries with high prevalence of HIV among pregnant women and third largest country in HIV epidemic. 4 In view of prevention of transmission of HIV infection among pregnant women, there emerges a need to assess the maternal knowledge on HIV and its vertical transmission for proper counseling about HIV infection. Therefore the purpose of the current study is to evaluate the cognizance of HIV/AIDS and to study the sociodemographic factors that influence the knowledge on vertical transmission of HIV among pregnant women.…”

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A study on cognizance of vertical transmission of HIV/AIDS among pregnant women attending antenatal clinic in a tertiary care hospital, Chennai

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Kannan

2016

Int J Community Med Public Health

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“…6 Sixty percent of women with HIV infection knew about parent to child transmission in Tamil Nadu. 7 According to NFHS-4 (2015-2016) knowledge on HIV/AIDS among men was 10.9 and knowledge among women was 16.0.…”

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Awareness of HIV/AIDS among the pregnant women and their husbands attending ANC clinic in a tertiary care centre in Chennai

Edward¹

2017

Int J Community Med Public Health

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Background: In India the total number of people living with HIV (PLHIV) was estimated to be 2.1 million in 2015 and number of new cases estimated at 86,000. The prevalence of HIV among pregnant women in India is high and the awareness on HIV/AIDs is low among women in India .Awareness of HIV is important in antenatal mothers as they are vulnerable and encouraging early HIV testing will augment the PPTCT (Prevention of Parent to Child Transmission) services. Hence it is prime importance to create awareness among pregnant women to protect them from HIV infection. This study was conducted to find out the awareness level among pregnant women and their husbands as husbands play an important role in prevention of HIV in their spouses.Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted at ANC clinic in Sri Ramachandra Medical College, Porur, Chennai. All antenatal women who visited the ANC clinic for the first time along with their husbands were selected as the subjects. Sample size was 200 (100 couples). After obtaining Informed Consent from the subjects, a semi structured questionnaire was administered. Data was collected and analysed using SPSS software version 21.Results: One hundred couples were included in the study. Seventy five percent of subjects did not accept that they are at risk and majority of them were husbands (79%) when compared to wives (71%). Above 75% of wives knew mother to child transmission whereas only 65% of husbands knew it. Willingness to undergo HIV test was more among wives (83%) than husbands (75%).Conclusions: A large effort to be taken to impart the information about the HIV/AIDS to husbands to change their attitude. At least one ANC visit by pregnant women should be made mandatory to have their husbands with them to sensitise them on HIV/AIDS.

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Knowledge of antiretrovirals in preventing parentto-child-transmission of HIV: a cross-sectional study among women living with HIV in Tamil Nadu, India

Abstract: Considering the risk of HIV transmission from HIV-infected women to their children, the knowledge level of PTCT among them is low. Appropriate strategies to generate awareness among women with HIV need be introduced to help them make informed decisions.

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Awareness and knowledge about mother to child transmission of HIV/AIDS among antenatal women attending tertiary care hospital

Awareness and knowledge about mother to child transmission of HIV/AIDS among antenatal women attending tertiary care hospital

A study on cognizance of vertical transmission of HIV/AIDS among pregnant women attending antenatal clinic in a tertiary care hospital, Chennai

Awareness of HIV/AIDS among the pregnant women and their husbands attending ANC clinic in a tertiary care centre in Chennai

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