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Document 2138
DOCN M94A2138
TI Knowledge, behaviour and practices of nurse midwives & traditional birth
attendants in Zambia.
DT 9412
AU Kaona F; Kanyama I; Siziya S; Tropical Diseases Research Centre Ndola,
Zambia.
SO Int Conf AIDS. 1994 Aug 7-12;10(1):372 (abstract no. PD0093). Unique
Identifier : AIDSLINE ICA10/94370437
AB OBJECTIVE: To identify practices that are associated with HIV infection
among Nurse-Midwives and TBA's. As part of the study on the risk of
occupational exposure to HIV among the Nurse-Midwives and Traditional
Birth Attendants (TBAs), research was conducted between January and
October, 1992, in Zambia to address concerns that caring for women and
neonates during labour, delivery and postpartum period increases a
health care provider's risk of acquiring HIV. This paper presents the
differences in knowledge, behaviour and practices between Nurse-Midwives
and TBAs. A total of 370 Midwives and 370 TBAs participated in the
survey. The study reveals that less than 60% of the women considered
Universal Precautions (UPS). However, some factors that were associated
with infection rates included individuals' age and knowledge of
acquiring HIV infection. Almost all women indicated that they never had
sex for money in the last 2 years. There were 100 (80%) of the positive
Midwives and 21 (55%) of the TBAs who thought their partners could have
had other partners. Among the Midwives, 109 (87%) had current sexual
partners, and 28 (68%) TBAs stated that they had current sexual
partners, while 90% of the Midwives had used gloves when handling
placenta, only 15% of the TBAs said they had never used gloves. Women
who used mouth to mouth resuscitation for TBAs was P = 01001.
DE *Community Health Aides *Disease Transmission, Patient-to-Professional
Female Human HIV Infections/*PREVENTION & CONTROL *Knowledge,
Attitudes, Practice *Nurse Midwives Pregnancy Risk Factors Sex
Behavior Universal Precautions MEETING ABSTRACT
SOURCE: National Library of Medicine. NOTICE: This material may be
protected by Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.Code).