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Table 2 The pregnant women’s views on integrated PHSHT services (n = 1600)

From: Obstacles to the coordination of delivering integrated prenatal HIV, syphilis and hepatitis B testing services in Guangdong: using a needs assessment approach

Indicators

The pregnant women’s views

Knowledge of the services

--10% of pregnant women had not heard of HIV

--34% of pregnant women were unaware of MTCT of HIV, syphilis and hepatitis B

--59.2% of pregnant women did not know MTCT can be prevented

--43% of pregnant women did not know whether they had undergone HIV and syphilis test or not

--39% of pregnant women did not know the optimal time for HIV and syphilis tests during pregnancy

--52% of pregnant women did not know their test results

Satisfaction with the services

--30% of pregnant women were unsatisfied with the test services

The reasons include:

--73.9% of pregnant women thought it took a long time

--37% of pregnant women thought the test services processes were too complicated