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The acceptability, knowledge and perceptions of pregnant women toward HIV Testing in pregnancy at Ilembe District

FN Dube
Curationis | Vol 31, No 3 | a1011 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/curationis.v31i3.1011 | © 2008 FN Dube | This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0
Submitted: 28 September 2008 | Published: 28 September 2008

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FN Dube,, South Africa

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Abstract

This research study aimed to investigate the acceptability, knowledge and perceptions of pregnant women toward HIV testing in pregnancy in Ilembe District. An exploratory research design guided the study. A systematic random sampling was used to select pregnant women who were attending the ante-natal clinic for the first time in their current pregnancy.

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