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      Antenatal couple counseling increases uptake of interventions to prevent HIV-1 transmission.

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          To determine effect of partner involvement and couple counseling on uptake of interventions to prevent HIV-1 transmission, women attending a Nairobi antenatal clinic were encouraged to return with partners for voluntary HIV-1 counseling and testing (VCT) and offered individual or couple posttest counseling. Nevirapine was provided to HIV-1-seropositive women and condoms distributed to all participants. Among 2104 women accepting testing, 308 (15%) had partners participate in VCT, of whom 116 (38%) were couple counseled. Thirty-two (10%) of 314 HIV-1-seropositive women came with partners for VCT; these women were 3-fold more likely to return for nevirapine (P = 0.02) and to report administering nevirapine at delivery (P = 0.009). Nevirapine use was reported by 88% of HIV-infected women who were couple counseled, 67% whose partners came but were not couple counseled, and 45%whose partners did not present for VCT (P for trend = 0.006). HIV-1-seropositive women receiving couple counseling were 5-fold more likely to avoid breast-feeding (P = 0.03) compared with those counseled individually. Partner notification of HIV-1-positive results was reported by 138 women (64%) and was associated with 4-fold greater likelihood of condom use (P = 0.004). Partner participation in VCT and couple counseling increased uptake of nevirapine and formula feeding. Antenatal couple counseling may be a useful strategy to promote HIV-1 prevention interventions.

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          Journal
          J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr
          Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999)
          Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
          1525-4135
          1525-4135
          Dec 15 2004
          : 37
          : 5
          Affiliations
          [1 ] Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98104-249, USA. cfarq@u.washington.edu
          Article
          00126334-200412150-00016 NIHMS359242
          10.1097/00126334-200412150-00016
          3384734
          15577420
          f795ca89-6d42-4be6-8fb7-233aded07263
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