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

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