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Assessing the Efficacy of a Voluntary HIV Counseling and Testing Intervention for Pregnant Women and Male Partners in Urumqi City, China

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This study investigated the efficacy of voluntary counseling and testing (VCT) in an educated cohort of pregnant women attending antenatal clinics in Urumqi, China. VCT was given to women and their partners (experimental group) or women alone (control group). Both groups were given pre- and post-intervention questionnaires to assess HIV knowledge and willingness to get HIV testing. Multivariate analysis showed that all women improved significantly in HIV knowledge between baseline and follow-up. Moreover, HIV knowledge was significantly associated with HIV testing willingness. At follow-up, women in the control and experimental groups were 6.8 and 7.9 times more willing to receive HIV testing than at baseline, respectively. VCT seems effective in this cohort of educated pregnant women.

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Acknowledgements

We would like to thank Dr. Michael Merson for his support and critical advice provided for this study, Dr. Li Fan for his assistance with data collection, James Hamilton, Jessica Kovler and Briget da Graca for their professional assistance in editing this manuscript for clarity and readability and the women and men who participated in this study. Finally, we acknowledge the World AIDS Foundation for their financial support of this study.

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  1. Yale School of Medicine, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, 60 College Street, New Haven, CT, 06520, USA

    Kaveh Khoshnood, Katherine S. Wilson & Giovanni Filardo

  2. China CDC-National Center for AIDS/STD Control and Prevention, Beijing, China

    Zhendong Liu & Zunyou Wu

  3. Department of Statistical Science, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX, USA

    Giovanni Filardo & Ng Hon Keung

  4. Institute for Health Care Research and Improvement, Baylor Health Care System, Dallas, TX, USA

    Giovanni Filardo

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Khoshnood, K., Wilson, K.S., Filardo, G. et al. Assessing the Efficacy of a Voluntary HIV Counseling and Testing Intervention for Pregnant Women and Male Partners in Urumqi City, China. AIDS Behav 10, 671–681 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-006-9092-8

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