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TOXOPLASMOSIS-RELATED KNOWLEDGE AMONG PREGNANT AND POSTPARTUM WOMEN ATTENDED IN PUBLIC HEALTH UNITS IN NITERÓI, RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL
Millar, Patricia Riddell et al. | Date Issued: 2014
Author
Millar, Patricia Riddell
Moura, Fernanda Loureiro de
Bastos, Otilio Machado Pereira
Mattos, Danuza Pinheiro Bastos Garcia de
Fonseca, Ana Beatriz Monteiro
Sudré, Adriana Pittella
Leles, Daniela
Amendoeira, Maria Regina Reis
Affilliation
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Toxoplasmose. Rio de Janeiro, RJ. Brasil / Universidade Federal Fluminense. Departamento de Microbiologia e Parasitologia. Niterói, RJ, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Toxoplasmose. Rio de Janeiro, RJ. Brasil / Universidade Federal Fluminense. Departamento de Microbiologia e Parasitologia. Niterói, RJ, Brasil.
Universidade Federal Fluminense. Departamento de Microbiologia e Parasitologia. Niterói, RJ, Brasil.
Universidade Federal Fluminense. Departamento de Microbiologia e Parasitologia. Niterói, RJ, Brasil.
Universidade Federal Fluminense. Departamento de Estatística. Niterói, RJ, Brasil.
Universidade Federal Fluminense. Departamento de Microbiologia e Parasitologia. Niterói, RJ, Brasil.
Universidade Federal Fluminense. Departamento de Microbiologia e Parasitologia. Niterói, RJ, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Toxoplasmose. Rio de Janeiro, RJ. Brasil.
Abstract
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.
Keywords
Toxoplasmosis
Pregnant women
Knowledge
Primary prevention
 
DeCS
Toxoplasmose
Prevenção Primária
Gestantes
Conhecimento
 
Publisher
Instituto Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
Citation
MILLAR, Patricia Riddell et al. Toxoplasmosis-related knowledge among pregnant and postpartum women attended in public health units in Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Rev. Inst. Med. Trop. Sao Paulo, v.56, n.5, p.433-8, 2014.
DOI
10.1590/S0036-46652014000500011
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0036-4665