HIV/AIDS training of traditional birth attendants in Southwest Nigeria
Date
2012
Authors
Balogun, M
Odeyemi, K
Ogunsola, F
Adebajo, S
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Journal ISSN
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Publisher
Journal of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
Abstract
Traditional birth attendants (TBAs), if given additional skills, can be used effectively in program implementation
and contribute significantly to reaching women who deliver outside health facilities with Prevention of Mother-To-Child
Transmission of HIV (PMTCT) services. In this quasi-experimental study, multistage sampling method was used to select
the intervention and control communities and all registered TBAs were recruited for the study. Following the preintervention interviewer-administered questionnaire survey, an HIV/AIDS training program was conducted for the
intervention group. Post-intervention questionnaire administration was done after six months.
At baseline, only 10.4% (7/67) and 4.9% (2/41) of respondents in the intervention and control groups respectively
had good level of knowledge about HIV and PMTCT and the practices of HIV counseling of patients and referral of
patients for HIV testing were low. The HIV/AIDS training significantly increased the level of knowledge in the intervention
group, there was a significant improvement in the practice of HIV counseling of patients in the intervention group and
significant improvements in the practice of referral of patients for HIV testing was evident in both groups. HIV/AIDS
training succeeded in improving the level of knowledge and some practice of PMTCT of TBAs.
Description
Scholarly articles
Keywords
HIV/AIDS , PMTCT , Trainning , Traditional birth attendants , Nigeria , Research Subject Categories::MEDICINE
Citation
Balogun M, Odeyemi K, Ogunsola F, Adebajo S. HIV/AIDS training of traditional birth attendants in Southwest Nigeria. Journal of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences 2012: 3(1): 10-17