PMID- 22010484
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20111108
LR  - 20111020
IS  - 0019-5138 (Print)
IS  - 0019-5138 (Linking)
VI  - 41
IP  - 3
DP  - 2009 Sep
TI  - Effectiveness of HIV counseling services on knowledge, attitude, behavior and 
      practice (KABP) among pregnant women attending PPTCT program.
PG  - 175-82
AB  - Counseling services is an important component of National AIDS Control Program 
      which aims at creating awareness and promoting changes in reducing high risk 
      behavior against HIV/AIDS. Pregnant women attending antenatal clinics are being 
      counseled about HIV/AIDS under prevention of parent to child transmission (PPTCT) 
      program. The objective of this study was to assess (KABP) regarding HIV/AIDS 
      among pregnant women attending PPTCT program before and after counseling at Lok 
      Nayak Hospital, New Delhi. A Quasi-experimental study was conducted. Data was 
      collected by interviewing 600 pregnant women attending ANC clinic during May 2006 
      to May 2007 using a pre-test and post-test interview schedule. About 69.2% of the 
      pregnant women had heard about AIDS before the counseling. Knowledge regarding 
      mother to child transmission of HIV was 53.5%. 38.2% knew that mother to child 
      transmission can be reduced by drugs. The knowledge of pregnant women about AIDS 
      was significantly different in pre-test (mean score = 15.3) and post test (mean 
      score = 35.6) (P < 0.0001). Attitude of study participants towards people living 
      with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) indicated that individuals with HIV should be allowed to 
      work (79.9%) and all commercial sex workers should compulsorily be tested for HIV 
      (55.1%). There was significant difference between in pre-test and post-test 
      attitude about PLWHA and HIV testing (p < 0.0001). The condom use among the study 
      participants significantly improved after counseling (1.2% in pre-test and 58.6% 
      after counseling) (p < 0.0001). Counseling services were effective in increasing 
      knowledge and changes in attitude and behavior among pregnant women and the 
      efforts needs to be sustained.
FAU - Rahbar, Tayebeh
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 - Singh, M M
AU  - Singh MM
FAU - Malhotra, Sumit
AU  - Malhotra S
FAU - Gupta, V K
AU  - Gupta VK
FAU - Tripathi, R
AU  - Tripathi R
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  - *Counseling
MH  - Female
MH  - HIV Infections/*prevention & control/psychology
MH  - *Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
MH  - Humans
MH  - Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical
MH  - Pregnancy
MH  - Pregnancy Complications, Infectious/*prevention & control/psychology/virology
MH  - *Pregnant Women
MH  - Young Adult
EDAT- 2009/09/01 00:00
MHDA- 2011/11/09 06:00
CRDT- 2011/10/21 06:00
PHST- 2011/10/21 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2009/09/01 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2011/11/09 06:00 [medline]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Commun Dis. 2009 Sep;41(3):175-82.