Research Article
Knowledge of Pregnant Women on Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV in Meket District, Northeast Ethiopia
Table 2
Reproductive health related characteristics and information received from health care providers, Meket district, northeast Ethiopia, 2014 (
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| Variables | Frequency | Percent |
| Number of pregnancies | | | 1 | 161 | 29.7 | 2-3 | 276 | 50.9 | 4+ | 105 | 19.4 | Gestational age | | | ≤16 | 10 | 1.9 | 17–24 | 134 | 24.7 | 25–35 | 333 | 61.4 | ≥36 | 65 | 12.0 | Antenatal visit | | | Yes | 312 | 57.6 | No | 230 | 42.4 | Number of ANC visit () | | | 1 | 122 | 39.1 | 2-3 | 176 | 56.4 | 4+ | 14 | 4.5 | Received information from health care providers | | | On HIV | | | Yes | 346 | 63.8 | No | 196 | 36.2 | On antenatal care | | | Yes | 304 | 56.1 | No | 238 | 43.9 | On MTCT | | | Yes | 284 | 52.4 | No | 258 | 47.6 | On infant feeding | | | Yes | 181 | 33.4 | No | 361 | 66.6 | Comprehensive knowledge of HIV/AIDS | | | Yes | 346 | 63.8 | No | 196 | 36.2 | Heard of PITC | | | Yes | 345 | 63.7 | No | 197 | 36.3 | Heard about MTCT | | | Yes | 458 | 84.5 | No | 84 | 15.5 | Know the means of transmission on MTCT () | | | During pregnancy | 309 | 67.5 | During labor/delivery | 324 | 70.7 | During breast feeding | 251 | 54.8 | Exact timing of MTCT answered by women | | | None | 84 | 15.5 | One | 130 | 24.0 | Two | 225 | 41.5 | Three | 103 | 19.0 |
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