Download or read book Exploring the Knowledge Attitudes and Practices of Pregnant Women on Infant Feeding Methods for Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV in a Regional Hospital of EThekwini District written by Sibongile Thulisiwe Khanyile and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Ghanaian Pregnant Women s Knowledge Attitudes and Intentions Regarding Prenatal Voluntary Testing of HIV and Infant Feeding written by Yi-Kyoung Lee and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 582 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this study was to examine the culturally sensitive information regarding the factors that permit Ghanaian pregnant women to make an informed decision on infant feeding methods, with special attention to prenatal voluntary human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) testing and infant feeding. Focus group discussions (n=10), in-person interviews (n=403), and a follow-up study (n=41) were conducted based on an integrated model of the Theory of Reasoned Action/Planned Behavior and the Health Belief Model. Ghanaian pregnant women's intention of prenatal voluntary testing of HIV was low, but their intention would have increased significantly with a health professional's recommendation. Their intention about voluntary testing was well predicted by high self-efficacy about the testing, followed by no history of previous HIV testing. Participants generally had a high knowledge about transmission modes of HIV including mother-to-child transmission (MTCT), but misconceptions were also common. Lack of knowledge about the prevention methods of MTCT was evident and this was strongly associated with a lower intention of having a prenatal voluntary testing. Most women preferred exclusive breastfeeding to formula feeding at least during the first month due mainly to the protective property of breast milk for their infants. Almost all women intended to feed breast milk exclusively during the first month and the best predictor of exclusive breastfeeding intention was self-efficacy, followed by attitudes toward exclusive breastfeeding. Because of its recognized negative health consequences, only a small number of pregnant women intended to introduce formula within one month. If the distribution of subsidized formula for HIV-positive women were under-regulated, the spillover effects of formula feeding to children born to HIV-negative mothers or mothers of unknown status is likely to occur especially among those women who had favorable attitudes toward formula feeding. An 'opt-out' approach of voluntary counseling and testing of HIV and a systematic nutrition education program including the risks and benefits of exclusive breastfeeding and formula feeding should be routinely offered to all pregnant women to enable them to make an informed infant feeding decision.
Download or read book HIV and Infant Feeding Guidelines for decision makers written by and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Series on HIV and infant feeding. Guides based on a Technical Consultation of new data on the prevention of MTCT and their policy implications which was convened in October 2000. WHO and UN partners developed or revised earlier documents.
Download or read book Breastfeeding and HIV AIDS written by Edith White and published by McFarland. This book was released on 1999-01-01 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The spread of the AIDS virus has introduced a new element into the formula-versus-breastfeeding controversy. Mothers, particularly those in developing nations, have been urged to breastfeed in order to better nourish their infants and protect them from disease or contaminants in the water used to prepare formula. Now, however, mothers and healthcare workers must consider the danger of transmitting AIDS via breastfeeding. When HIV-infected women nurse their children, they significantly increase the risk of transmitting the virus. The issue is further complicated in countries where the alternatives are not very promising and in cultures that stigmatize women for even undergoing AIDS testing. This informative analysis includes the development of research into HIV and breastfeeding, the medical and political questions surrounding the controversy, and options and solutions for women to consider in feeding their infants. Fully indexed, this book is an important contribution to the social and medical studies of one of the most tragic facets of the HIV/AIDS epidemic.
Download or read book HIV and Infant Feeding A guide for health care managers and supervisors written by and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Series on HIV and infant feeding. Guides based on a Technical Consultation of new data on the prevention of MTCT and their policy implications which was convened in October 2000. WHO and UN partners developed or revised earlier documents.
Download or read book Community Perceptions Attitudes and Knowledge Regarding Mother to Child Transmission of HIV written by Sifelani Mtombeni and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Each year approximately 600 000 infants, most of them in Sub-Saharan Africa are born with HIV infection as a result of mother to child transmission of HIV. Whereas significant progress has been made in reduction of mother to child transmission of HIV in developed countries, the situation remains desperate in developing countries. Progress has been hampered by shortage of staff, facilities, limited access to voluntary counselling and testing and lack of support for women by their partners and communities. The challenge is to increase voluntary counselling and testing uptake during antenatal care. Onandjokwe district in Northern Namibia is currently introducing the Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission Program (PMTCT). It has been found the previous PMTCT programs have failed because they adopted a top down approach where there was no community consultation. This study was conducted to explore the community perceptions, knowledge and attitudes regarding mother to child transmission of HIV through focus group discussions and in-depth interviews of key community members.
Download or read book Human Immunodeficiency Virus type 1 HIV 1 and Breastfeeding written by Athena P. Kourtis and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-03-28 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The HIV pandemic continues to levy a heavy burden on the human race world-wide. The estimated number of people who became newly infected with HIV in 2009 was 2.6 million; most of these individuals live in Sub-Saharan Africa, followed by India and Southeast Asia. An estimated 370,000 new cases of pediatric infections occurred globally in 2009 (or more than 1,000 new infections every day), practically all of them through mother-to-child transmission. Up to 40% of all new infant HIV infections occur during breastfeeding. While breastfeeding by HIV-infected mothers is not recommended in the U.S. and other resource-rich settings where safe replacement feeding is easily available, the situation is different in many resource-limited settings, where replacement feeding is not safe or available and carries a high risk of infections (diarrhea, pneumonia) and infant malnutrition. Mothers in such settings are faced with a difficult dilemma: to breastfeed their infants in order to provide their infants with its many benefits (nutritional, immunologic, cognitive), but to also risk transmitting HIV. These challenges have prompted an intensive search for new prophylactic and therapeutic strategies in order to prevent infants from acquiring HIV infection through breastfeeding. In this book, expert HIV researchers critically review every aspect of this highly evolving and topical subject. The opening chapters deal with the epidemiology, global magnitude and biologic mechanisms of HIV-1 transmission from mother to child through breastfeeding and include considerations of the virus (quantity, compartments, characteristics) and the host (genetic, immunity-innate, cellular, humoral). The effects of breastfeeding on the HIV-infected mother’s health and nutritional status, and the social and cultural issues associated with the practice of breastfeeding are also discussed. The next few chapters provide cutting-edge reviews of the latest approaches to prevention of HIV transmission to the infant through breastfeeding, including antiretroviral strategies, nutritional and immune-based approaches, and treatment of expressed breast milk. The remaining chapters provide a fascinating review of the many iterations this subject has received, as reflected in the several different sets of guidelines for infant feeding by HIV-infected mothers issued by the World Health Organization, and a debate by leading scientists on whether HIV-infected mothers should breastfeed their infants-in resource-limited and in resource-rich settings. A comprehensive overview of the current state of implementing the new evidence for prevention of breastfeeding transmission of HIV all over the world is also presented. Essential reading for the many disciplines of scientists and clinicians working on HIV/AIDS and other retroviruses, pediatricians, obstetricians/gynecologists, as well as all health-care professionals interested in expanding their understanding on the subject.
Download or read book HIV Transmission Through Breastfeeding written by World Health Organization and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents a summary of the available scientific evidence on the transmission of HIV infection through breastfeeding. It briefly describes the benefits of breastfeeding for both mothers and infants; and summarizes evidence on the relative risk of mother-to-child transmission of HIV-1 infection during pregnancy, delivery and breastfeeding.
Download or read book Burden on My Breast written by Danielle Gottlieb and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Assessment of Knowledge Attitude and Practice of Pregnant Women in Respect of Prevention of Mother To Child Transmission PMTCT of HIV AIDS at a Selected Antenatal Clinic in Durban South Africa written by Samira Navazandeh Haghdoost and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Adherence to Pre selected Infant Feeding Practices Among Mothers on the Prevention of Mother to child Transmission PMTCT of HIV AIDS Programme in the Amathole Region Eastern Cape written by Elizabeth Matseliso Yako and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Comparison of Knowledge Attitudes and Practices of Pregnant Women Attending an Urban and a Rural Antenatal Clinic Regarding Mother to Child Transmission and HIV written by Ricardo Augustus McNichol and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The knowledge attitudes and practice of pregnant women attending antenatal care at Lucrecia paim government maternity hospital Luanda Angola on the prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV PMTCT written by H. I. Chiamonwu and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book An Exploratory Descriptive Study on Nurses Knowledge Attitudes and Practices Regarding Evidence Based Practice in a Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV Program at a Selected Public Tertiary Hospital in Malawi written by Chisomo Mulenga and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Women s Knowledge on Mother To Child Transmission of HIV AIDS written by Temesgen Shibru and published by LAP Lambert Academic Publishing. This book was released on 2015-05-28 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mother-to-child transmission of HIV is the major source of HIV infection among children under the age of 15 years. Within the prevention programs, package of services including HIV counseling and testing, provision of prophylactic antiretroviral (ARV) drugs for mothers and babies, safe delivery practices and awareness creation of MTCT and PMTC of HIV are the main points. This study is thus to model women's knowledge on mother-to-child transmission of HIV during pregnancy in terms of some predictors. The data obtained from the 2011 EDHS with 15827 women in the age group 15-49 years. Binary logistic regression and descriptive statistical measures were applied. Women who attained higher education level have (81.3%) good knowledge about MTCT of HIV than women who educated secondary and less. The percent of knowing MTCT of HIV increase as education level increase. Among 33.2% of urban women, about 76.6% of them have knowledge about MTCT of HIV. According to the result of logistic regression, age, education level, religion, region, place of residence, frequency of reading newspaper, frequency of listening radio and HIV testing plays significance role in determining women's knowledge.
Download or read book Human Immunodeficiency Virus type 1 HIV 1 and Breastfeeding written by Athena P. Kourtis and published by Springer. This book was released on 2012-03-28 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The HIV pandemic continues to levy a heavy burden on the human race world-wide. The estimated number of people who became newly infected with HIV in 2009 was 2.6 million; most of these individuals live in Sub-Saharan Africa, followed by India and Southeast Asia. An estimated 370,000 new cases of pediatric infections occurred globally in 2009 (or more than 1,000 new infections every day), practically all of them through mother-to-child transmission. Up to 40% of all new infant HIV infections occur during breastfeeding. While breastfeeding by HIV-infected mothers is not recommended in the U.S. and other resource-rich settings where safe replacement feeding is easily available, the situation is different in many resource-limited settings, where replacement feeding is not safe or available and carries a high risk of infections (diarrhea, pneumonia) and infant malnutrition. Mothers in such settings are faced with a difficult dilemma: to breastfeed their infants in order to provide their infants with its many benefits (nutritional, immunologic, cognitive), but to also risk transmitting HIV. These challenges have prompted an intensive search for new prophylactic and therapeutic strategies in order to prevent infants from acquiring HIV infection through breastfeeding. In this book, expert HIV researchers critically review every aspect of this highly evolving and topical subject. The opening chapters deal with the epidemiology, global magnitude and biologic mechanisms of HIV-1 transmission from mother to child through breastfeeding and include considerations of the virus (quantity, compartments, characteristics) and the host (genetic, immunity-innate, cellular, humoral). The effects of breastfeeding on the HIV-infected mother’s health and nutritional status, and the social and cultural issues associated with the practice of breastfeeding are also discussed. The next few chapters provide cutting-edge reviews of the latest approaches to prevention of HIV transmission to the infant through breastfeeding, including antiretroviral strategies, nutritional and immune-based approaches, and treatment of expressed breast milk. The remaining chapters provide a fascinating review of the many iterations this subject has received, as reflected in the several different sets of guidelines for infant feeding by HIV-infected mothers issued by the World Health Organization, and a debate by leading scientists on whether HIV-infected mothers should breastfeed their infants-in resource-limited and in resource-rich settings. A comprehensive overview of the current state of implementing the new evidence for prevention of breastfeeding transmission of HIV all over the world is also presented. Essential reading for the many disciplines of scientists and clinicians working on HIV/AIDS and other retroviruses, pediatricians, obstetricians/gynecologists, as well as all health-care professionals interested in expanding their understanding on the subject.
Download or read book Antenatal Care in Developing Countries written by Carla Abou Zahr and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
