Research Article

Effect of Health Education on Willingness to Undergo HIV Screening among Antenatal Attendees in a Teaching Hospital in North Central Nigeria

Table 5

Willingness to have voluntary HIV screening.

VariableStudy group (%) valueControl group (%) value
BeforeAfterBeforeAfter
( )( ) ( )( )

Willingness to know HIV status
 Yes 95 (78.5)111 (94.9)0.0002103 (88.8)99 (86.8)0.65
 No 26 (21.5)6 (5.1) 13 (11.2)15 (13.2)
Willingness to support premarital HIV screening
 Yes 119 (98.3)115 (98.3)0.64113 (97.4)111 (97.4) 0.69
 No 2 (1.7)2 (1.7) 3 (2.6)3 (2.6)
Reasons for support( )( )( )( )
To protect partner
 Yes 105 (88.2)112 (97.4)0.01109 (96.5)104 (93.7)0.34
 No 14 (11.8)3 (2.6) 4 (3.5)7 (6.3)
To prevent transmission to children
 Yes 77 (64.7)108 (93.9)0.00198 (86.7)96 (86.5)0.96
 No 42 (35.3)7 (6.1)15 (13.3)15 (13.5)