over In Kenya, an estimated 270 new pediatric HIV infections occur each day (NASCOP 2002). Maternal-to-child transmission of the virus is the cause of most HIV infections in children. To address this problem, the Kenyan government has implemented prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) services throughout the country. These services include routine HIV counseling and testing (CT), im...

CONTEXT Policies requiring confidential reporting by name to state health departments of persons infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) have potential to cause some of them to avoid HIV testing. OBJECTIVE To describe trends in use of HIV testing services at publicly funded HIV counseling and testing sites before and after the implementation of HIV reporting policies. DESIGN AN...

AIDS is a controversial issue in women's health; it affects reproductive and sexual health. This study aimed to compare the health of HIV+ women healthy who were referred behavioral disease counseling centers . cross-sectional, descriptive-analytical was performed on 100 Behavioral Diseases Counseling Center Ahvaz Abadan cities, Iran. Data

BACKGROUND Ambitious UN goals to reduce the mother-to-child transmission of HIV have not been met in much of Sub-Saharan Africa. This paper focuses on the quality of information provision and counseling and disclosure patterns in Burkina Faso, Kenya, Malawi and Uganda to identify how services can be improved to enable better PMTCT outcomes. METHODS Our mixed-methods study draws on data obtain...

BACKGROUND Children living with HIV worldwide majority are infected through mother to child transmission of HIV (MTCT) acquired during pregnancy. Knowledge, attitude and behavioral changes are pivot tools towards success of any interventions. OBJECTIVES To determine the effectiveness of counseling on HIV done in primary health facilities (PHF), level of knowledge gained and attitude changes t...

An experimental components analysis of brief HIV risk-reduction counseling based on the information-motivation-behavioral skills (IMB) model was conducted with 432 men and 193 women receiving sexually transmitted infection (STI) clinic services. Following baseline assessments, participants were randomly assigned to 1 of 4 90-min risk-reduction counseling sessions that deconstructed the IMB mode...

A Recent Profile of HIV-Positive Patients Attending an Integrated Testing and Counseling Centre (ICTC) at a Tertiary Care Center in Bangalore, India

This article analyzes the relevance ascribed to counseling for HIV prevention by users of a testing service. The study's main theoretical references were the democratization of discourse as proposed by Fairclough and the disciplinary power and confessional techniques analyzed by Foucault. The research was done from November 2005 to March 2006 at an HIV testing and counseling center in Minas Ger...

BACKGROUND Behavioral interventions that promote adherence to antiretroviral medications may decrease HIV treatment failure. Antiretroviral treatment programs in sub-Saharan Africa confront increasing financial constraints to provide comprehensive HIV care, which include adherence interventions. This study compared the impact of counseling and use of an alarm device on adherence and biological ...

Background: The Background of this study was to assess (KABP) regarding HIV/AIDS among pregnant women attending PPTCT program before and after counseling at Lok Nayak Hospital, New Delhi. Materials and Methods: It was an intervention longitudinal study. Data was collected by interviewing 600 pregnant women attending antenatal clinic during May 2006 to May 2007 using a pre-test and post-tested q...