Seroprevalence and Risk Factors of Sexually Transmitted Blood-Borne Infections among Pregnant Women Attending Antenatal Care in Jirapa, Upper West Region of Ghana
Table 2
Knowledge level of pregnant women attending antenatal clinic on sexually transmitted and blood-borne infections and risk factors in Jirapa municipality, Ghana.
Variables
Frequency (N = 246)
Percentage (%N)
Transmission
Knowledge of infections transmitted from mother to child
163
66.3
Knowledge of HIV transmission from mother to child
231
93.9
Knowledge of viral hepatitis transmission from mother to child
165
67.1
Knowledge of syphilis transmission from mother to child
132
53.7
Risk factors of infections
Knowledge of HIV risk factors
240
97.6
Knowledge of hepatitis risk factors
183
74.4
Knowledge of syphilis risk factors
187
76.0
Signs/symptoms
Knowledge of signs and symptoms of HIV
221
89.8
Knowledge of signs and symptoms of viral hepatitis
