abstract

• Our goal was to estimate prevalence of HIV among young women in labor. A national, probability-based, cross-sectional study was performed among pregnant women, aged 15-24 years, who were attending Brazilian public hospitals. The study included 2,071 of 2,400 women selected (86.3 % participation). Mean age was 20.2 years (SD = 2.7). HIV prevalence was 0.7 % (95 % CI, 0.4-1.1 %). Living in the North region of the country and having previous sexually transmitted infections were associated with HIV infection. Our survey of young pregnant women found higher prevalence than expected for women of all ages in Brazil (0.42 %), indicating that the epidemic persists among heterosexuals.

authors

• Miranda, Angélica Espinosa
• Pinto, Valdir Monteiro
• McFarland, Willi
• Page, Kimberly A

publication date

• January 2014

published in

• AIDS and behavior  Journal

keywords

• Adolescent
• Brazil
• Cross-Sectional Studies
• Female
• HIV Infections
• Hospitals, Public
• Humans
• Labor, Obstetric
• Logistic Models
• Pregnancy
• Pregnancy Complications, Infectious
• Prevalence
• Residence Characteristics
• Risk Factors
• Socioeconomic Factors
• Young Adult

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-013-0534-9

PubMed ID

• 23754614

start page

• S50

end page

• S52

volume

• 18 Suppl 1

number