Prevalence of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) among antenatal clients who used federal medical centre Umuahia 2009-2013
Journal Title: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CURRENT RESEARCH IN MEDICAL SCIENCES - Year 2018, Vol 4, Issue 1
Abstract
This study was carried out to determine the prevalence of Human Immune Deficiency Virus (HIV) among antenatal clients. Who used Federal Medical Centre Umuahia from 2009-2013. to direct the study, five research questions were used and five hypotheses were tested. Related literatures were reviewed and summarized. The descriptive survey research design was used for the study. The area of the study was Federal Medical Centre (FMC) Umuahia in Abia State and the target population considered all the antenatal clients (between the year 200-2013) of Federal Medical Centre Umuahia with four thousand four hundred and seventy antenatal client while the sample size 447 which is about ten (10) percent of the population of the selected clients. A direct interview was used as an instrument for data collection and data collected were analyzed using frequency count percentage for research questions and inferential statistics of Chi Square (x2) was used in testing the null hypotheses. The prevalence of Human Immune Deficiency Virus (HIV) among antenatal Clients who used Federal Medical Centre Umuahia from 2009-2013 was four thousand, four hundred and seventy. The highest prevalence was in 2010. The lowest prevalence was in 2009. Type II HIV revealed a higher prevalence than type II. Prevalence of HIV was influenced by age and parity status significant difference in the prevalence of Human Immune deficiency virus (HIV) among antenatal clients of various ages, various level of education, parity status, HIV by type. The researcher made recommendations such as all institutions should study their own HIV prevalence rate to raise a consciousness of practice of universal precautions and also to serve as bases for further studies. Voluntary HIV counseling and testing is to be preferred to routine testing to prevent stigmatization and discrimination of positive clients through seminar and education of clients.
Authors and Affiliations
Amah HC. 1 , Ozims S. J. 2 , Eberendu I. F. 3 , Agu G. C. 3 , Ihekaire D. E. 3 , Obioma-Elemba J. E. 3 , Obasi C. C2 . , Uchegbu U. 4 , Amah C. C. 1 , Ibanga I. E5 . , Nwosu D. C. 1 , and Nwogu O. 2
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