A transmissão vertical do HIV na Percepção de Mulheres Brasileiras

• Autor(a) principal: Garbin, Cléa Adas Saliba [UNESP]
• Data de Publicação: 2012
• Outros Autores: Garbin, Artênio José Isper [UNESP], Moimaz, Suzely Adas Saliba [UNESP], Rocha, Najara Barbosa da [UNESP]
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UNESP
• Texto Completo: http://apcdaracatuba.com.br/revista/2013/05/v33n12013.htm; http://hdl.handle.net/11449/133895
• topic: Women’s Health; HIV; Vertical transmission infectious disease; Prevention; Saúde da mulher; HIV; Transmissão vertical de doença infecciosa; Prevenção

This study had the aim of verify the perception of women and pregnant women about the HIV vertical transmission. It was approved by the Ethical Review Board. A semistructured questionnaire, pretested, was used, with open and closed questions which presented variables about socioeconomiccultural status and HIV vertical transmission. After informed consent, 114 women were enrolled in the study, 72 of them pregnant women, who looked for health care on the public health service of a Brazilian city, at São Paulo State, from October, 2009 to January, 2010. None of the interviewed women knew the meaning of HIV vertical transmission term. When asked about HIV transmission from mother to child, 86.8% answered it could happen, but half of them didn’t know how it occurred and only 34.2% knew how to prevent, but in a deficient way. As conclusion, these women did not know the HIV vertical transmission term and when they had some knowledge this was limited. These results serve as support for a preventive program for conscientization of women about HIV vertical transmission.