Potential factors that may affect acceptance of routine prenatal HIV testing
| Autor: | Donald Schopflocher, Fu-Lin Wang, Stephan Gabos, Anita Hanrahan, Bryce Larke |
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| Rok vydání: | 2005 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Multivariate analysis Adolescent Population HIV Infections Prenatal care Article Alberta Sex Factors Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) Pregnancy Medicine Humans education American Indian or Alaska Native education.field_of_study business.industry Obstetrics Diagnostic Tests Routine Public health Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health AIDS Serodiagnosis Prenatal Care General Medicine Odds ratio Patient Acceptance of Health Care medicine.disease Logistic Models Caregivers Multivariate Analysis Prenatal HIV Screening Female Pregnant Women business |
| Zdroj: | Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique. 96(1) |
| ISSN: | 0008-4263 |
| Popis: | BACKGROUND: Despite increasing advocacy for an “opt-out” strategy in routine prenatal HIV screening programs in Canada, no published studies have examined factors that may affect acceptance of prenatal HIV testing. METHODS: We included all pregnant women in Alberta who received prenatal care (N=38,712) and their caregivers (N=2,007) between January 1 and November 30, 2000. Factors associated with non-acceptance of HIV testing in both pregnant women and their caregivers were assessed using multivariate logistic regression. RESULTS: Overall, 1.5% of women declined HIV testing. First Nations women were about twice as likely to decline the test (adjusted odds ratio [OR(adj)] 1.91, 95% CI [1.42–2.58]) compared to non-First Nations women (p |
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