title: Maternal views and acceptance of antenatal HIV screening in a university teaching hospital in Hong Kong.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess maternal acceptance, knowledge, attitude, perceived risks and barriers toward antenatal HIV screening.
  
  
  METHODS
  Prospective anonymous survey of 1,519 pregnant women recruited in a university teaching hospital
  
  
  RESULTS
  Women demonstrated fairly good knowledge of and a positive attitude toward HIV screening. Condom usage was 61.4%, and 25.3% of women had at least 1 risk factor for HIV infection. Support for mandatory and universal screening was 31.4% and 48.8%, respectively. A total of 82.6% women agreed to HIV testing. The major reason for declining the test was that women considered themselves to be at low risk (84.3%). Women with risk factors tended to prefer more aggressive methods of antenatal testing (P < .001) and more readily accepted HIV screening (89.8% vs. 73.1%, P < .001).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Given the high acceptance rate in our local population, universal offering but voluntary testing is the optimal mode of antenatal HIV screening in Hong Kong.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Prince of Wales Hospital, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong SAR, China. pleung@ivf.com.au
authors.forename: Peter Leung
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Yin
authors.forename: Kai Yip
authors.initials: KY
authors.lastname: Shing
authors.forename: Tony Chung
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Hung
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000635:transmission; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006723:Hong Kong; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D018445:Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000523:psychology*; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care / Q000523:psychology*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011296:Prenatal Diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*