Abstract
Patients and Methods A cross-sectional survey was conducted among antenatal care attendants of Jimma university hospital from Jan. 25, 2004 to Feb 25, 2004 using a structured questionnaire. At the same time unlinked anonymous blood sample was taken during routine ANC investigations. The sera were tested for HIV antibody using rapid test algorithm. In addition, full VCT service was given for volunteers. The data was analyzed by using SPSS 12th edition and chisquare and binary logistic regression were used to see associations and p-value less than 0.05 was taken as cut of point for significance.
Highlights
The aim of the study was to identify the potential barriers for intervention program on preventing mother to child transmission of HIV among pregnant mothers attending antenatal care clinic in Southwestern Ethiopia
Logistic regression demonstrated low income groups, illiterates, lowlevel workers and those who have misconception about HIV/AIDS had higher chance of HIV infection accompanied by low likelihood of accepting HIV testing
92.1% of mothers were indebted about the importance of HIV screening test, only 31.9 % of them received VCT service
Summary
The aim of the study was to identify the potential barriers for intervention program on preventing mother to child transmission of HIV among pregnant mothers attending antenatal care clinic in Southwestern Ethiopia
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