Offering routine antenatal testing for HIV and hepatitis B in the rural setting of Cornwall.
Before Department of Health directives to offer HIV and hepatitis B (HBV) testing to all pregnant women, there was little such screening in Cornwall. Through a multiagency collaborative approach a new antenatal screening programme for HIV/HBV has been introduced with high uptake in the first year (HIV 92% and HBV 93%). We also report the findings of a questionnaire survey of community midwives who alone offer antenatal HIV/HBV testing in Cornwall.
Keane
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Department of Genito-urinary Medicine, Royal Cornwall Hospital, Truro, UK. frances.keane@cornwall.nhs.uk
Neale
J
J
Phillips
T
T
Heard
L
L
Jones
R
R
Guttridge
B
B
Bendall
R
R
D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003955:Diagnostic Tests, Routine / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D004739:England; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006509:Hepatitis B / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008880:Midwifery; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011295:Prenatal Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011296:Prenatal Diagnosis / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012423:Rural Health; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires