Trends and changes in the knowledge of mother-to-child transmission means of HIV among Vietnamese women aged 15-49 years and its associated factors: findings from the Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys, 2000-2014.
This study aims to characterize trends and changes in the prevalence of knowledge of mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) means of HIV as well as to identify its associated socioeconomic factors among Vietnamese women. This is a repeated cross-sectional study using data from the Vietnam Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys 2000, 2006, 2011 and 2014. We found that a slow increase was found in the trend of adequate knowledge of HIV transmission means from mother to child among women between 2000 and 2014 (41.81% in 2000, 45.66% in 2006, 49.58% in 2011, and 46.83% in 2014). Most women knew that HIV could be transmitted during pregnancy, however, more than half of women did not know all three ways of MTCT. Socioeconomic factors including age, ethnicity, education level, and economic status as factors that affected full knowledge of MTCT means. The study helps to design public health programs to raise 15-49-year-old women's knowledge in HIV transmission means from mother to child as well as can provide a quite strong case for policy adaptation to improve women's health in the time to come.
['Vo Hoang|Long|L|0000-0001-5992-875X', 'Nguyen Si Anh|Hao|H|0000-0002-3287-4808', 'Tran Minh|Hien|H|', 'Tran Nhu|Phong|P|', 'Nguyen|Huyen-Trang|HT|', 'Affarah|Wahyu Sulistya|WS|', 'Van|Huy Nguyen|HN|']
D000293:Adolescent D000328:Adult D044466:Asians D001294:Attitude to Health D002648:Child D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies D005260:Female D015658:HIV Infections D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice D006801:Humans D018445:Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical D008875:Middle Aged D011247:Pregnancy D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious D012959:Socioeconomic Factors D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires D014744:Vietnam D014930:Women D055815:Young Adult
Knowledge mother-to-child transmission means HIV Vietnamese women socioeconomic factors