Suman Ganguly|Dipendra Narayan Goswami|Soumya Mondal|Subrata Chakrabarti|Malay Mundle
A retrospective cohort study on effect of literacy status of HIV-positive pregnant women on possibility of child getting HIV infected
AIDS Society of India|Calcutta National Medical College and Hospital|Calcutta National Medical College and Hospital|Calcutta National Medical College and Hospital
prevention parenttochild transmission pptct program aims reduction hiv transmission vertical route although medical intervention reduces chance hiv transmission substantially several demographic factors often contributory minimum literacy required hivinfected individuals understand course medicine ensure compliance treatment may impact vertical transmission objective study analyze relationship maternal education possibility babies get hiv infecteda retrospective cohort study carried analysis secondary data period april 13 september 16 standalone integrated counseling testing centers west bengal total number 326 hivexposed babies whose 6th week hivpolymerase chain reaction pcr reports available motherbaby received pptct services recruited study maternal literacy status substantiated analyzedhiv positivity among hivexposed babies found 667 whose mothers illiterate compared 555 whose mothers literate primary standard 393 whose mothers educated secondary standard hiv positivity among exposed babies whose mothers studied higher secondary standard showed zero hiv positivity chisquare done ascertain statistical significance result inconclusive although trend shows increasing chance hivexposed babies get infected decreasing literacymaternal literacy status favorably influences vertical transmission hiv