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  • Title: Antenatal HIV testing: evaluation of uptake and women's attitudes in a low risk population.
    Author: McCracken G, McGeagh J, Roberts R.
    Journal: Ulster Med J; 2004 Nov; 73(2):92-5. PubMed ID: 15651768.
    Abstract:
    The number of HIV-positive heterosexuals in the UK is increasing, with a resultant increase in the number of pregnant women who are HIV-positive. The benefits of diagnosing an HIV-positive woman antenatally are well established. The Department of Health of England issued guidelines recommending named voluntary antenatal testing, with a view to achieving a maternal diagnosis rate of 90% by December 2002. In Northern Ireland the policy was distributed in 2003. The screening programme in our hospital had an uptake rate of 98.7 %. Responses to a questionnaire to evaluate the process indicate that HIV testing was associated with low levels of anxiety and that patients were well satisfied with the counselling they received.
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