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October 1, 2025BMC Public HealthOpen Access

Knowledge and perceptions about Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection, mother-to-child transmission of HIV and HIV prevalence among antenatal attendees of a Ghanaian tertiary health institution: a cross sectional study

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JSJayne S. SutherlandBCBenedict Calys‐TagoeMAMary Amoakoh‐Coleman

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Overview

Cross-sectional study assesses knowledge and perceptions of HIV and mother-to-child transmission among antenatal attendees, indicating strong uptake of HIV testing.

Key Points

  • Most participants demonstrated high knowledge about HIV, especially regarding transmission and prevention methods, enhancing public health education efforts.
  • Antenatal participants showed excellent HIV testing rates, with 98.2% having been tested in their current pregnancy, but HIV prevalence was recorded at 3.3%.
  • Knowledge of HIV was significantly associated with factors such as education level and marital status, underscoring the importance of targeted health messaging.
  • Despite high levels of HIV knowledge, understanding of mother-to-child transmission needs improvement, suggesting a gap in antenatal health education programming.

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Sutherland et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68dd89e6fe798ba2fc4981achttps://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-025-24399-0
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