PMID- 18697582
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20081014
LR  - 20080813
IS  - 0019-5138 (Print)
IS  - 0019-5138 (Linking)
VI  - 39
IP  - 3
DP  - 2007 Sep
TI  - "Knowledge, attitude, behavior and practice (KABP) regarding HIV/AIDS among 
      pregnant women attending PPTCT programme in New Delhi".
PG  - 179-84
AB  - In India, several thousand HIV-infected babies are expected to be born every 
      year. Despite effective intervention, the identification of HIV infected pregnant 
      women prior to delivery is a major problem. KABP and acceptance of rapid 
      screening of women for HIV among pregnant women attending ANC clinic and availing 
      Voluntary Counselling and Confidential Testing services was assessed. The study 
      was done among 90 pregnant women. There was no significant difference between 
      one's husbands's job and income with respect to pregnant women's awareness of 
      risk factors except that of tattooing. Education level had significant bearing on 
      awareness level. Attitude about PLWHA indicates that 29% of the participants 
      believed individuals with HIV shouldn't be allowed to get married, while 31% 
      saying that they should not be allowed to have children. Participants supported 
      compulsory HIV testing for pregnant women (39%) and couples before marriage. 
      Almost 96% of participants had unprotected sex, though 41% casually used condom. 
      All denied herself or her husband indulging in extramarital sex. The country is 
      about to embark on its prevention of mother to child transmission (PMTCT) 
      programme. This study throws some light on the level of knowledge acceptability 
      and adoption of VCT and other PMTCT strategies among potential beneficiaries.
FAU - Rahbar, T
AU  - Rahbar T
AD  - Department of Community Medicine, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi-110002, 
      India. tayebeh_rahbar@yahoo.com
FAU - Garg, S
AU  - Garg S
FAU - Tripathi, R
AU  - Tripathi R
FAU - Gupta, V K
AU  - Gupta VK
FAU - Singh, M M
AU  - Singh MM
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PL  - India
TA  - J Commun Dis
JT  - The Journal of communicable diseases
JID - 0261652
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Adult
MH  - Female
MH  - HIV Infections/diagnosis/*psychology/transmission
MH  - *Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
MH  - Humans
MH  - India
MH  - Pregnancy
MH  - Prenatal Diagnosis
MH  - Women's Health Services
EDAT- 2008/08/14 09:00
MHDA- 2008/10/15 09:00
CRDT- 2008/08/14 09:00
PHST- 2008/08/14 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2008/10/15 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2008/08/14 09:00 [entrez]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Commun Dis. 2007 Sep;39(3):179-84.