The Sociological Impact of the Prevalence of HIV/AIDS among Pregnant Women Attending Antenatal Care in General Sani Abatcha Specialist Hospital Damaturu, Yobe State.

Abstract

This study investigates the sociological impact of the prevalence of HIV/AIDS among pregnant women attending antenatal care in General Sani Abatcha Specialist Hospital Damaturu, Yobe State. 334 respondents participated in the research. The respondents were selected through simple random sampling methods to collect data from women attending antenatal care. The tool used for data collection was self-administered questionnaire. The data collected was analyzed using descriptive statistics. The findings from the study reveal that, most of the respondents are not knowledgeable of the disease HIV/AIDS and also have no knowledge about the transmission from mother to child. The study revealed that most of the respondents knew the use of drugs in pregnancy and avoidance of breast feeding as a way of preventing transmission. The study recommends, among others that practice and counseling of pregnant women before testing for HIV should be further encouraged and sustained also the government, teachers, nurses and pharmacists should double their efforts towards HIV/AIDS awareness to both HIV victims and non-victims in order to prevent it spread transmission in society.