HIV Screening and Awareness Survey for Pregnant Women in a Remote Area in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of China
Author
Sun, Yuping; Hewan-Lowe, Karlene; Wu, Qiang; Yu, Jiang; Guo, Zhiqiu; Han, Yali; Fan, Yujiang; Qin, Xianfang; Xu, Ping; Bolatihan, Janati; Hoshaerbai, Mayinuer; Yuan, Luping; Hong, Heng
Abstract
Objective:
The number of people infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in China has increased in recent years. HIV screening for pregnant women was performed in a remote area in Xinjiang, as an effort to promote universal HIV screening in pregnant women and to help prevention of mother-to-child transmission.
Methods:
Pregnant women in Burqin and Jeminay Counties in Xinjiang were offered free voluntary HIV screening. Local mid-level medical workers were trained to use Determine® HIV-1/2 kit for HIV screening. All the tested pregnant women signed a consent form, received HIV education material, and participated in an HIV knowledge survey.
Results:
All the 890 pregnant women receiving HIV test had negative result. Among these women, 67.6% were Kazakh and 40.9% were farmers. Survey of HIV knowledge showed that these women's awareness about mother-to-child transmission was limited. The levels of HIV knowledge were related with ethnic background, age, education and profession of the pregnant women.
Conclusion:
The results suggested that HIV infection had not become a significant problem among the pregnant women in this remote area of Xinjiang, but continued efforts to improve the awareness of HIV, especially the knowledge about mother-to-child transmission of HIV, in pregnant women were needed.
Date
2011-11
Citation:
APA:
Sun, Yuping, & Hewan-Lowe, Karlene, & Wu, Qiang, & Yu, Jiang, & Guo, Zhiqiu, & Han, Yali, & Fan, Yujiang, & Qin, Xianfang, & Xu, Ping, & Bolatihan, Janati, & Hoshaerbai, Mayinuer, & Yuan, Luping, & Hong, Heng. (November 2011).
HIV Screening and Awareness Survey for Pregnant Women in a Remote Area in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of China.
The Open AIDS Journal,
5(),
96-
101. Retrieved from
http://hdl.handle.net/10342/5748
MLA:
Sun, Yuping, and Hewan-Lowe, Karlene, and Wu, Qiang, and Yu, Jiang, and Guo, Zhiqiu, and Han, Yali, and Fan, Yujiang, and Qin, Xianfang, and Xu, Ping, and Bolatihan, Janati, and Hoshaerbai, Mayinuer, and Yuan, Luping, and Hong, Heng.
"HIV Screening and Awareness Survey for Pregnant Women in a Remote Area in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of China". The Open AIDS Journal.
5:. (96-101),
November 2011.
September 21, 2023.
http://hdl.handle.net/10342/5748.
Chicago:
Sun, Yuping and Hewan-Lowe, Karlene and Wu, Qiang and Yu, Jiang and Guo, Zhiqiu and Han, Yali and Fan, Yujiang and Qin, Xianfang and Xu, Ping and Bolatihan, Janati and Hoshaerbai, Mayinuer and Yuan, Luping and Hong, Heng,
"HIV Screening and Awareness Survey for Pregnant Women in a Remote Area in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of China," The Open AIDS Journal 5, no.
(November 2011),
http://hdl.handle.net/10342/5748 (accessed
September 21, 2023).
AMA:
Sun, Yuping, Hewan-Lowe, Karlene, Wu, Qiang, Yu, Jiang, Guo, Zhiqiu, Han, Yali, Fan, Yujiang, Qin, Xianfang, Xu, Ping, Bolatihan, Janati, Hoshaerbai, Mayinuer, Yuan, Luping, Hong, Heng.
HIV Screening and Awareness Survey for Pregnant Women in a Remote Area in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of China. The Open AIDS Journal.
November 2011;
5():
96-101.
http://hdl.handle.net/10342/5748. Accessed
September 21, 2023.
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