Infant HIV infection: acceptability of preventive strategies in central Tanzania
| Autor: | Jean Burke |
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| Rok vydání: | 2004 |
| Předmět: |
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Male Rural Population medicine.medical_specialty Health Knowledge Attitudes Practice Health (social science) Urban Population Anti-HIV Agents Psychological intervention Breastfeeding HIV Infections Tanzania Interviews as Topic Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) medicine Humans Community Health Services Nevirapine Social Change Health Education Qualitative Research biology business.industry Public health Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Infant Newborn Infant Focus Groups Middle Aged Patient Acceptance of Health Care medicine.disease biology.organism_classification Focus group Infectious Disease Transmission Vertical Infectious Diseases Breast Feeding Family medicine Immunology Infant Care Health education Female Infant Food business Breast feeding |
| Zdroj: | AIDS education and prevention : official publication of the International Society for AIDS Education. 16(5) |
| ISSN: | 0899-9546 |
| Popis: | Safe, cost-effective interventions are being developed to reduce HIV transmission to children, suitable for lower income countries such as Tanzania. The interventions include Nevirapine treatment, replacement feeding, exclusive breast-feeding and heat-treating breast milk. This article reports on research to explore factors, which may influence the acceptability of these interventions. Data collection methods used were qualitative in-depth interviews with 12 health workers and focus group discussions with five community groups. Findings are presented with reference to the theory of diffusion of innovation, which seeks to explain how new ideas and products are disseminated through a community. Respondents describe the factors that may help and hinder this process. They propose ways to maximize this diffusion, such as integrating HIV and antenatal services, encouraging male participation, community-wide education, offering free HIV testing, and training health workers as change agents. |
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