Effect evaluation on AIDS health education for pregnant women in Ruian City / 上海预防医学

ABSTRACT

[Objective] To evaluate the effectiveness of AIDS health education for pregnant women in their knowledge ,attitude and behavior on AIDS prevention and mother-to-child transmission , so as to pro-vide scientific basis for health education . [ Methods] From 5 suburban hospitals , a total of 800 preg-nant women investigated accepted AIDS health education intervention study .Interventions included face to face counseling with medical personnel , distribution of publicity materials of basic AIDS prevention , and preventing mother-to-child transmission of AIDS .Through investigation by two questionnaires done before and after intervention , we obtained the changes in pregnant women's knowledge , attitude and behavior on AIDS prevention and mother-to-child transmission , and thus evaluated the efficacy of the intervention . [ Results] Before health education intervention , pregnant women were found to be in lack of knowledge , and had incorrect attitude and behavior on basic AIDS prevention , and mother-to-child transmission of AIDS prevention.After intervention, the situation markedly improved. [Conclusion] AIDS health education intervention increases pregnant women's knowledge on basic AIDS prevention , and mother-to-child transmis-sion of AIDS prevention , changes their wrong attitude and behavior , improves self protection consciousness , and reduces their discrimination against AIDS patients .It is clear that we must continue to carry out health education intervention , so as to control the spread of AIDS effectively .