HIV/AIDS
Report summarizes HIV/AIDS study findings from University of London, Imperial College
Published in Women's Health Weekly, August 2nd, 2007
"This qualitative cross-sectional survey, undertaken in the antenatal booking clinics of a hospital in central London, explores pregnant women's responses to routine HIV testing, examines their reasons for declining or accepting the test, and assesses how far their responses fulfil standard criteria for informed consent. Of the 32 women interviewed, only 10 participants were prepared for HIV testing at their booking interview," scientists in London, the United Kingdom report.
"None of the women viewed themselves as being particularly at risk for HIV infection. The minority (n = 6) of the participants who declined testing differed from those who accepted, by interpreting...
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