Questions about SC in general and specific SC methods | True | False | Don’t know |
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1. It is possible for an HIV-positive woman to have an HIV-negative baby. | 93.5% | 2.5% | 3.9% |
2. HIV antiretroviral medications can reduce the risk of passing HIV to a baby. | 89.0% | 3.9% | 7.0% |
3. There are ways to make conception with an HIV-positive partner safer. | 85.4% | 2.8% | 11.8% |
4. There are ways to make conception with an HIV-negative partner safer. | 85.7% | 4.5% | 9.8% |
5. All options to make conception safer are very expensive. | 10.4% | 75.0% | 14.6% |
6. Waiting until one’s CD4 count is higher will reduce the risk of health complications to the mother during pregnancy. | 77.3% | 12.1% | 10.7% |
7. Having a sexually transmitted infection will increase the risk of passing HIV to an uninfected partner during unprotected sex. | 87.9% | 5.1% | 7.0% |
8. There are times during a woman’s cycle when she is most fertile (likely to become pregnant). | 73.9% | 5.1% | 21.1% |
9. Healthcare providers can offer advice to help make childbearing safer for women, their partners, and their children. | 90.7% | 4.2% | 5.1% |
10. If an HIV-positive person has an undetectable amount of HIV virus, it means that person is no longer able to infect someone else. | 30.6% | 51.7% | 17.7% |
11. Having the man ejaculate into condom/ container and manually inject semen into woman’s vagina is a way to reduce risk of HIV transmission if man is HIV-negative. | 40.2% | 16.9% | 43.0% |
12. Only having unprotected sex during the few days each month when the woman is most fertile will help to reduce the risk of HIV transmission to an uninfected partner. | 18.0% | 53.7% | 28.4% |
13. There is technology available that can cleanse a man’s sperm or semen of the HIV virus. | 10.7% | 32.6% | 56.7% |
14. Starting to take HIV medications early (as soon as diagnosed) helps reduce the risk of transmitting HIV to a sexual partner. | 61.5% | 25.8% | 12.6% |
15. HIV medications can be taken by an HIV-positive partner who wants to conceive with an HIV-negative partner in order to reduce the chance of transmitting HIV to the negative partner. | 64.3% | 18.5% | 17.1% |
16. HIV medications can be taken by an HIV-negative (or unknown status) partner that will reduce their risk of getting infected by their HIV-positive partner. | 34.3% | 46.6% | 19.1% |
17. An HIV-negative man can be circumcised as a way to reduce the chance of the man getting HIV during unprotected sex when a couple is trying to get pregnant. | 82.6% | 9.0% | 8.4% |
Mean score (SD) for awareness of SC methods (scale range 0-17) | 11.0 (2.8) | Â | |
Median score for awareness of SC methods | 11 | Â |