BACKGROUND Mother-to-child transmission of HIV is a very important mode of HIV transmission for children. Well-functioning and accessible health facility and knowledge on mother to child transmission of HIV are a prerequisite for a successful mother to child transmission prevention of HIV. However, the determinant factors of pregnant mothers' knowledge towards mother to child transmission of HI...

South Africa (SA) has not met the child mortality target for the Millennium Development Goals, despite having invested substantially in programmes and policies to achieve these targets. The scale-up of the prevention of mother-to-child transmission programmes reduced HIV transmission from mother to child, but this has not been sustained owing to limitations in community-based child health servi...

background the feeding importance of child in first two years of life and mental damage caused by malnutrition during this period is obvious. however the mother's lifestyle and long-term effects on the health of the mother and infant during breastfeeding period should not be neglected. therefore, this study aimed to determine the relationship between the demographic characteristics and lif...

Child healthy development is largely influenced by parent-child interaction and a secure parent-child attachment is predictively associated with positive outcomes in numerous domains of child development. However, the parent-child relationship can be affected by several psychosocial and socio-demographic risk factors that undermine its quality and in turn play a negative role in short and long ...

How to cite this article: Owoaje ET, Omidokun AD, OK Ige. Knowledge and perception of Prevention of Mother to Child services amongst pregnant women accessing antenatal clinic in a Primary Health Care centre in Nigeria. Afr J Prm Health Care Fam Med. 2012;4(1), Art. #432, 7 pages. http:// dx.doi.org/ 10.4102/phcfm. v4i1.432 Background: Few studies have assessed pregnant women’s perceptions regar...

results structural coefficients showed that the pattern of high scores in borderline personality features correlated with the pattern of high scores in alexithymia and child’s attitude toward mother. therefore, the results showed that combination of low borderline personality features can probably decrease the likelihood of alexithymia and child’s attitude toward mother. conclusions alexithymia...

Objective: Several research studies have explored the correlation between postpartum depression and a weak mother-infant bond. However, fewer studies have analyzed how other postpartum mental health conditions, such as childbirth-related post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), or important personal characteristics such as adult attachment styles, affect the quality of the mother-infant bond. The...