Addressing Prevention Among HIV-Uninfected Women in PMTCT Programs in South India

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AuthorHod Tamir
AuthorKarl Krupp
AuthorDionne P. Stephens
AuthorTirajeh Zohourian
AuthorPatricia Moise Dorcius
AuthorAnjali Arun
AuthorCelia B. Fisher
AuthorPurnima Madhivanan
Date Accessioned2024-12-07T05:04:45Z
Date Available2024-12-07T05:04:45Z
Date of Publication2018
AbstractWith nearly one million HIV-infected women in India, prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) programs serve an important role. While PMTCT programs focus on mothers living with HIV infection, offering them to uninfected pregnant women may prevent maternal HIV infections. To inform future efforts to offer PMTCT programs to uninfected women, we conducted focus groups with 24 uninfected women in the South Indian state of Karnataka who had given birth within the previous 2 years to explore their perceptions and experiences about HIV education and screening during pregnancy. Although all the participants had undergone HIV testing at a public health facility during pregnancy, they reported little knowledge about HIV transmission or prevention. Revisions are needed in existing PMTCT program curricula and instruction methods before they can be offered to uninfected women as an HIV prevention strategy. Copyright (C) 2017 Association of Nurses in AIDS Care
Identifier URIhttps://resourcerepository.azimpremjiuniversity.edu.in/handle/apurr/958
PublisherJ. Assoc. Nurses Aids Care
Source URI/URLhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jana.2017.10.006
KeywordDisability magnitude
KeywordHealth needs
KeywordPeople with disabilities
KeywordDifferently able
TitleAddressing Prevention Among HIV-Uninfected Women in PMTCT Programs in South India
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