Prevention of mother-to-child transmission screening among pregnant women in southern Ethiopia from the perspective of the current WHO recommendation.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The aim of this study was to assess HIV screening for prevention of mother-to-child transmission service utilization and associated factors among pregnant women in Hadiya zone, Southern Ethiopia.

Methods

The study was conducted in a community setting and was cross-sectional with a multistage sampling technique. A total of 613 women were selected randomly from 29 kebeles (the smallest administrative unit next to the district). Data were collected using a standardized interviewer-administered questionnaire. After being coded, reviewed, and entered into Epi-data, the data were exported to SPSS Version 21. Frequencies, percentages, graphs, and means and standard deviations were used to show descriptive data. In bivariate analysis, a p-value of 0.25 was utilized

SUBMITTER: Dune A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9536138 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature