Attitude of rural Nigerian pregnant women to antenatal HIV screening.
OBJECTIVE
To assess the knowledge and attitude of rural Nigerian women to the incorporation of HIV screening as part of the routine antenatal screening test at booking.


METHODS
1 820 women were interviewed using a close ended questionnaire at the antenatal clinic of the Federal Medical Centre (FMC) Owo, Nigeria over a period of 12 months.


RESULTS
Though the majority of the women were of low socio-economic status (85.9%) with 20% having less than six years of formal education, 98.6% of them were aware and knowledgeable (89.1%) about HIV/AIDS. The majority (89.9%) of the women accept routine HIV screening as part of antenatal screening.


CONCLUSIONS
Based on the above findings, obstericians practicing in this locality are encouraged to incorporate HIV screening into their antenatal care.
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Federal Medical Centre Owo, Ondo, Nigeria.
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D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000635:transmission; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D018445:Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008403:Mass Screening; D009549:Nigeria / Q000453:epidemiology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious; D011295:Prenatal Care; D012424:Rural Population; D016036:Seroepidemiologic Studies; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires