Introduction
What is MTCT?
maternal to child transmission
How was data collected?
Surveys
True or False: The majority of the sample is white women
False
True or False: A majority of the participants in this study did not know their partner's current HIV status during their current pregnancy.
True
What was one aim of this study?
"using a high risk cohort, the aims of this study were to characterize pregnant patients’ knowledge about antenatal HIV testing, to assess their knowledge of their sexual partners’ HIV status, and to determine interest and preferences regarding antenatal partner HIV testing."
Name at least one type of question that was included in the survey.
Likert responses, multiple choice, free-response
How many participants were in this sample?
142
True or False: More than 75% of the pregnant participants knew their own HIV test results during the current pregnancy.
False - 54.6% of participants knew
(However, all participants in this study were negative due to the study methods - i.e. Participants must have had a prior visit at this prenatal clinic & if they had tested HIV positive then, would have gone to different clinic)
False
Was the survey anonymous or confidential? What is the difference?
Anonymous - did not require consent
What city were participants recruited?
Chicago
True or False: Non-Hispanic white women were more likely to know their partner's HIV status
False
Partner viral load suppression, barrier protection, Maternal PrEP
What was one kind of data analysis used?
bivariable analyses, multiplevariable logistic regression, qualitative thematic anaylsis
What kind of sampling did the researchers use?
Non-probability convenience sampling
What percentage of participants reported they felt "somewhat" or "very" confident asking their partner to take an HIV test?
a. 25-44%
B. 45-64%
C. 65-90%
D. 90+%
D. 93.9% of participants