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Health workers' knowledge of preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV in Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria.

Authors: ASHIPA Temitope , A.n. , J.u.e. , Adejumo, A.o.

Publication Type: Journal article

Journal: Journal Of Community Medicine And Primary Health Care

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Introduction: Health workers have important roles to play in reducing mother-to-child
transmission of HIV. This study assessed health workers’ knowledge of the national
guidelines on preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV in Benin City, Edo State,
Nigeria
Methodology: The study design was a descriptive cross-sectional survey. The study
population comprised health workers providing services for preventing mother-to-child
transmission of HIV in Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria. Data was collected through selfadministered
questionnaires.
Results: Two hundred and seventy health workers participated in the study comprising
doctors, nurses, pharmacists, laboratory scientists and counsellors. All the respondents had
heard of preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV. Ninety-two (34.1%) had received
training on the national guidelines on preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV. The
proportion of health workers with poor, fair, and good knowledge of the national guidelines
on PMTCT was 8.5%, 30.4% and 61.1% respectively. Knowledge of the national guidelines
was significantly associated with the health workers’ occupation, previous training on
PMTCT and having a copy of the national guidelines.
Conclusion: This study highlighted important gaps in health workers knowledge of PMTCT.
Training and retraining of health workers remains crucial to achieving the goal of reducing
mother-to-child transmission of HIV. The study findings may guide the content of future
training of health workers on PMTCT to ensure relevance and adequacy.

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ASHIPA,T. A.n.,O. J.u.e.,O. Adejumo,,A. . (2017). Health workers' knowledge of preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV in Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria., 29 (), 1-1.

ASHIPA,T. A.n.,O. J.u.e.,O. Adejumo,,A. . "Health workers' knowledge of preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV in Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria." 29, no (), (2017): 1-1.

ASHIPA,T. and A.n.,O. and J.u.e.,O. and Adejumo,,A. and . (2017). Health workers' knowledge of preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV in Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria., 29 (), pp1-1.

ASHIPAT, A.n.O, J.u.e.O, Adejumo,A, . Health workers' knowledge of preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV in Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria.. 2017, 29 ():1-1.

ASHIPA,Temitope , A.n.,Ofili , J.u.e.,Onakewhor , and Adejumo,,A.o. . "Health workers' knowledge of preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV in Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria.", 29 . (2017) : 1-1.

A.Temitope A.Ofili J.Onakewhor & A.A.o. , "Health workers' knowledge of preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV in Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria." vol.29, no., pp. 1-1, 2017.

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