TOXOPLASMOSIS-RELATED KNOWLEDGE AMONG PREGNANT AND POSTPARTUM WOMEN ATTENDED IN PUBLIC HEALTH UNITS IN NITERÓI, RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo

Patricia Riddell Millar¹  Fernanda Loureiro De Moura¹  Otílio Machado Pereira Bastos¹  Danuza Pinheiro Bastos Garcia De Mattos¹  Ana Beatriz Monteiro Fonseca¹  Adriana Pittella Sudré¹  Daniela Leles¹  Maria Regina Reis Amendoeira¹ 

关键词: Toxoplasmosis;    Pregnant women;    Knowledge;    Primary prevention;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0036-46652014000500011

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

The present study conducted a toxoplasmosis-related knowledge level survey with 400 pregnant and puerperal women attended in public health units in the municipality of Niterói, Rio de Janeiro. Only 111 (27.8%) women claimed to know about the disease. Most of them (n = 289; 72.2%) had never heard about toxoplasmosis nor knew how to prevent the infection by Toxoplasma gondii. A significant difference (p = 0.013) regarding the presence of anti-T. gondii IgG was observed between women who claimed to know about the disease and those who had never heard about it. These results highlight the importance of a systematic serological screening process for toxoplasmosis, as well as the importance of primary prevention by accurate information during prenatal care, an important Public Health action to be implemented.

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