Research Article
Risk-Taking Behavior for HIV Acquisition during Pregnancy in Porto Alegre, Brazil
Table 4
Reasons women feel uncomfortable discussing HIV testing with partners.
| | Number of affirmative responses () |
| Ashamed | 23 (23%) | Stigma | 7 (7%) | Not worried about infection | 5 (5%) | Abandon | 3 (3%) | Anxiety | 2 (2%) | Emotional abuse | 1 (1%) | Physical abuse | 0 | Other responses listed below | 62 (62%) | Inconvenient (traveling/working) | 17 (17%) | Spouse not available/in prison | 13 (13%) | Fear of needles/hospital | 2 (2%) | Spouse does not want to/refuses | 22 (22%) | No response | 8 (8%) |
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