Dynamics and Constraints of Early Infant Diagnosis of HIV Infection in Rural Kenya

• Published in: AIDS and behavior Vol. 16; no. 1; pp. 5 - 12
• Main Authors: Hassan, Amin S., Sakwa, Erick M., Nabwera, Helen M., Taegtmeyer, Miriam M., Kimutai, Robert M., Sanders, Eduard J., Awuondo, Ken K., Mutinda, Maureen N., Molyneux, Catherine S., Berkley, James A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Boston Springer US 01.01.2012; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome; Adult; Attitudes; Babies; Cohort Studies; Early Diagnosis; Elderly; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Health Care Services; Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; Health Psychology; Health Services Accessibility; HIV; HIV Infections - diagnosis; HIV-1 - isolation & purification; Human immunodeficiency virus; Humans; Infant; Infant, Newborn; Infants; Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical - prevention & control; Infectious Diseases; Interviews as Topic; Kenya; Knowledge; Male; Maternal Age; Medical screening; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Mothers; Original Paper; Polymerase Chain Reaction; Public Health; Rural Areas; Rural Population; Social Support; Socioeconomic Factors; Kenya; Vertical transmission; Prevention of mother to child transmission; PCR; Infant diagnosis; Retention in care

A cohort design was used to determine uptake and drop out of 213 HIV-exposed infants eligible for Early Infant Diagnosis (EID) of HIV. To explore service providers and care givers knowledge, attitudes and perceptions of the EID process, observations and in-depth interviews were conducted. 145 (68%)...