This study was carried out to identify factors affecting the
acceptability of voluntary HIV testing among pregnant women in a semi-rural
city, Gamboma, Republic of Congo.
A cross-sectional study was conducted between January and
September 2012. Pregnant women attending antenatal heath care at an integrated
health center were enrolled after informed consent and followed through
voluntary HIV testing.
Among 136 participants, 98 women (72 %) accepted
voluntary HIV testing after pre-test counseling. Women with basic education,
those who cited blood transfusion as a mode of transmission and prevention of
mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) were more likely to accept testing as well
those informed about free HIV testing. Interestingly, pregnant women who had
heard about HIV/AIDS from hospital setting were less likely to accept testing.
Our data indicate that increasing general education on HIV transmission/prevention
modes is crucial for increasing acceptability of screening. Furthermore,
HIV/AIDS knowledge disseminated to patients in hospital settings should be
carefully monitored. Lastly, scaling-up MTCT services along with a better and
larger community information, may address accessibility barriers observed in
the present study.
Full article at: http://goo.gl/4lKEUz
By:
- 1Fondation Congolaise pour la Recherche Médicale, Cité OMS, villa D6, Djoué, Brazzaville, Republic of Congo. linguissi@gmail.com.
- 2Fondation Congolaise pour la Recherche Médicale, Cité OMS, villa D6, Djoué, Brazzaville, Republic of Congo. ebourous@yahoo.fr.
- 3Fondation Congolaise pour la Recherche Médicale, Cité OMS, villa D6, Djoué, Brazzaville, Republic of Congo. anissasidibe@gmail.com.
- 4Fondation Congolaise pour la Recherche Médicale, Cité OMS, villa D6, Djoué, Brazzaville, Republic of Congo. serthiv@yahoo.fr.
- 5Fondation Congolaise pour la Recherche Médicale, Cité OMS, villa D6, Djoué, Brazzaville, Republic of Congo. vjchristevy@gmail.com.
- 6Faculty of Sciences and Techniques, Marien Ngouabi University, Brazzaville, Republic of Congo. vjchristevy@gmail.com.
- 7Fondation Congolaise pour la Recherche Médicale, Cité OMS, villa D6, Djoué, Brazzaville, Republic of Congo. pierre.poulain@cupnet.net.
- 8Fondation Congolaise pour la Recherche Médicale, Cité OMS, villa D6, Djoué, Brazzaville, Republic of Congo. fntoumi@fcrm-congo.com.
- 9Faculty of Health Sciences, Marien Ngouabi University, Brazzaville, Republic of Congo. fntoumi@fcrm-congo.com.
- 10Faculty of Sciences and Techniques, Marien Ngouabi University, Brazzaville, Republic of Congo. fntoumi@fcrm-congo.com.
- 11Institute for Tropical Medicine, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany. fntoumi@fcrm-congo.com.
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