REALIZATION OF HIV TESTING IN PRENATAL CARE: KNOWLEDGE AND PERCEPTION OF PREGNANCY

Abstract

The main objective of the research is to evaluate the knowledge and perception of pregnant women during prenatal care performed in a public maternity hospital in Fortaleza-Ceará, in relation to the implementation of HIV serology. This is a qualitative research. Ten women were selected for this study. Data were collected in · Revista Enfermagem Contemporânea. 2015 Jan./Jun.;4(1):12-22 · 13 March and April 2009, through an interview application interview. The data were analyzed and correlated with the current literature. Most women recognized the importance of completing the pre-natal, the need to prevent vertical transmission of HIV during pregnancy and the need of HIV serology during pregnancy. But some concepts related to infection and the accomplishment of the test results for HIV were improperly seized, and most women were not incorporated effectively and routinely to the preventive practices related to HIV transmission including vertically.