Perceived Barriers to Antepartum HIV Medication Adherence in HIV Infected Pregnant Women
Table 3
Knowledge of perinatal transmission among a cohort of HIV infected women (n=45).
No
I don’t know
Yes
HIV medications could harm my baby
36 (81.8%)
6 (13.6%)
2 (4.6%)
HIV medications will harm me
36 (83.7%)
5 (11.6%)
2 (4.7%)
Being pregnant will harm my health
36 (83.7%)
4 (9.3%)
3 (7.0%)
My child will be born HIV-positive even if I take my HIV medicines
35 (79.6%)
7 (15.9%)
2 (4.6%)
My child will likely not be born HIV-positive if I take my HIV medicines as prescribed in pregnancy
10 (22.7%)
4 (9.1%)
30 (68.2%)
Delivering vaginally puts my child at higher risk for becoming HIV-positive even if my viral load is undetectable
25 (58.1%)
10 (23.3%)
8 (18.6%)
Delivering by cesarean section may prevent my child from becoming HIV-positive
8 (18.6%)
9 (20.9%)
26 (60.5%)
Breast-feeding puts my child at risk for becoming HIV-positive
0
3 (7.0%)
40 (93.0%)
If I take my HIV medications regularly and have a viral load less than 1000, I can safely deliver vaginally and the risk of HIV transmission to my child would be <2%
