Prenatal Screening for HIV in Nova Scotia: Survey of Postpartum Women and Audit of Current Prenatal Screening Practices
BACKGROUND: Current guidelines for screening for HIV infections in Nova Scotia recommend an opt-in approach in which patients are counselled and consent to testing. The objectives of the present study were to measure adherence to these recommendations, to explore women's knowledge, attitudes, b...
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| Series: | Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology |
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| author | Mark Downing Laura Youden Beth A Halperin Heather Scott Bruce Smith Scott A Halperin |
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| description | BACKGROUND: Current guidelines for screening for HIV infections in Nova Scotia recommend an opt-in approach in which patients are counselled and consent to testing. The objectives of the present study were to measure adherence to these recommendations, to explore women's knowledge, attitudes, beliefs and behaviours concerning HIV screening, and to compare these results with prenatal screening practices for rubella, hepatitis B and group B streptococcus. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-d974ce8a8ba34d03a98693e9556211992025-08-20T02:21:16ZengWileyCanadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology1712-95322006-01-0117422422810.1155/2006/195842Prenatal Screening for HIV in Nova Scotia: Survey of Postpartum Women and Audit of Current Prenatal Screening PracticesMark Downing0Laura Youden1Beth A Halperin2Heather Scott3Bruce Smith4Scott A Halperin5Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University, CanadaFaculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University, CanadaDepartment of Pediatrics, Dalhousie University, CanadaDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Dalhousie University, CanadaDepartment of Mathematics and Statistics, Dalhousie University, CanadaDepartment of Pediatrics, Dalhousie University, CanadaBACKGROUND: Current guidelines for screening for HIV infections in Nova Scotia recommend an opt-in approach in which patients are counselled and consent to testing. The objectives of the present study were to measure adherence to these recommendations, to explore women's knowledge, attitudes, beliefs and behaviours concerning HIV screening, and to compare these results with prenatal screening practices for rubella, hepatitis B and group B streptococcus.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2006/195842 |
| spellingShingle | Mark Downing Laura Youden Beth A Halperin Heather Scott Bruce Smith Scott A Halperin Prenatal Screening for HIV in Nova Scotia: Survey of Postpartum Women and Audit of Current Prenatal Screening Practices Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology |
| title | Prenatal Screening for HIV in Nova Scotia: Survey of Postpartum Women and Audit of Current Prenatal Screening Practices |
| title_full | Prenatal Screening for HIV in Nova Scotia: Survey of Postpartum Women and Audit of Current Prenatal Screening Practices |
| title_fullStr | Prenatal Screening for HIV in Nova Scotia: Survey of Postpartum Women and Audit of Current Prenatal Screening Practices |
| title_full_unstemmed | Prenatal Screening for HIV in Nova Scotia: Survey of Postpartum Women and Audit of Current Prenatal Screening Practices |
| title_short | Prenatal Screening for HIV in Nova Scotia: Survey of Postpartum Women and Audit of Current Prenatal Screening Practices |
| title_sort | prenatal screening for hiv in nova scotia survey of postpartum women and audit of current prenatal screening practices |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2006/195842 |
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