Knowledge Item:
CA-Cook County Perinatal Study-06
HIV Testing Practices as Reported in a Post-Partum Survey of Women in
Cook County (Chicago) Delivery Rooms in 1997 and 1999
This Knowledge Item shows the
results of post-partum survey conducted with 22,216 women in 64 Cook
County (Chicago), Illinois hospitals in 1997 and 1999. Between the
baseline year (1997) and the follow-up year (1999), the Cook County
Perinatal Task Force was formed by the Cook County/Hektoen Institute
HRSA SPNS project, and trainings and infrastructure development
activities were offered to 67 hospitals which are part of six Maternal
and Child Health Perinatal Networks (of affiliated hospitals).
This Knowledge Item examines the
dimensions in the responses to the survey. Two major dimensions or
factors were found.
Dimension I represents being
informed about HIV and HIV transmission, the use of ZDV to prevent
vertical transmission, and information about HIV treatment.
Dimension II of the survey
responses represents having taking part in the HIV testing and
counseling process.
The two dimensions are correlated
about .40 (depending upon the subsample and assumptions about missing
data) in this group of 22,216 women. Women may have been educated
about HIV without having formally participated in the testing process.
Also, women may have been tested without having been fully educated on
issues surrounding HIV and its transmission to other adults and the
unborn child.
The data for this
Knowledge Item derive from the work of the Hektoen Institute/Cook
County SPNS Cooperative Agreement. The survey study was designed by
Mary Driscoll, R.N., M.P.H., and Deane Taylor, R.N., and the staff of
their project as well as the Cook County Perinatal Task Force and the
Illinois Department of Health. Data were made available for use here
by Mary Driscoll and Deane Taylor, and this Knowledge Item was authored in collaboration with Ms. Driscoll and Ms.
Taylor. Click
here for more information about the Hektoen Institute/Cook County
SPNS Project.
Relationship between
whether a woman said she was tested for HIV and whether she received
education about HIV
Knowledge Item Citation:
Huba, G. J., Melchior, L. A., Panter, A. T., and the HRSA/HAB SPNS Cooperative Agreement Steering Committee (1998-2001). Knowledge Item:
CA-Cook County Perinatal Study-06 from
HRSA/HAB's SPNS Cooperative Agreements on Innovative Models of Care, The Measurement Group Knowledge Base on HIV/AIDS Care, Online at
www.TheMeasurementGroup.com.
Last Updated:
March 25, 2005; data through June 15, 1999; analyses conducted
June 2000.
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