title: Knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs of health care workers regarding alternatives to prolonged breast-feeding (ANRS 1201/1202, Ditrame Plus, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire).
abstract: The Ditrame Plus project conducted in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, is aimed at the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV in combining perinatal antiretroviral interventions with a systematic proposal of alternatives to prolonged breast-feeding: formula feeding from birth, or exclusive breast-feeding for 3 months then early cessation of breast-feeding. We surveyed all health care workers involved in this project in November 2003 using a self-administered anonymous questionnaire to investigate their knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs regarding the infant feeding interventions proposed since March 2001. Their knowledge regarding infant practices proposed within the study was consistent and their attitude was in accordance with the study protocol. However, proposing alternatives to prolonged breast-feeding causes difficulties for health care workers that should be taken into account when tailoring such complex interventions.
authors.affiliation: Unité INSERM 593, Institut de Santé Publique Epidémiologie Développement, Université Victor Segalen, Bordeaux, France. Renaud.Becquet@isped.u-bordeaux2.fr
authors.forename: Renaud
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Becquet
authors.forename: Didier K
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Ekouevi
authors.forename: Charlotte
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sakarovitch
authors.forename: Laurence
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bequet
authors.forename: Ida
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Viho
authors.forename: Besigin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Tonwe-Gold
authors.forename: François
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Dabis
authors.forename: Valériane
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Leroy
mesh_terms: D035041:Anonymous Testing; D001903:Bottle Feeding; D007560:Cote d'Ivoire; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000517:prevention & control*; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D018445:Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical / Q000517:prevention & control*; D008895:Milk, Human; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000517:prevention & control*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires