Correlates of Awareness and Attitude Regarding HIV / AIDS Transmission in Pregnant Females Attending Tertiary Care Cen-ter of Southern Rajasthan
Journal Title: National Journal of Community Medicine - Year 2018, Vol 9, Issue 12
Abstract
Introduction: HIV causes morbidity and mortality in infants and chil-dren, pertaining to its Parent- to-child transmission (PPTCT) risk. PPTCT is responsible for 90% childhood HIV infection. Present study was done to assess the awareness regarding HIV/AIDS transmission in pregnant women and their attitude towards people living with HIV/ AIDS (PLHA). Methodology: It was a hospital based cross-sectional study con-ducted on pregnant women attend-ing antenatal clinic at M.B Hospital. 320 pregnant mothers were inter-viewed using a semi structured questionnaire. Results : Out of 320 pregnant fe-males majority were of age group 20-25 years ,68%were house-wives.77% mothers knew that HIV is transmitted by sexual route.30% of the mothers thought that one could get infected by merely touch-ing an HIV positive people. The as-sociation of knowledge score with educational status and residential status is highly significant (p<0.001). Conclusion: The awareness regard-ing HIV/AIDS is still low, so there is a need to focus on I.E.C. activities.
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Reshma Reja, Rekha Bhatnager, Atul Kumar Gupta, Arun Singh
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