Table 1.

Questions to measure maternal knowledge about HIV prevention and treatment

A person can be at risk of HIV infection if she/he does not use a condom consistently.

A healthy-looking person can be infected with HIV.

A person can be infected with HIV by a mosquito bite.

A person can be infected with HIV by sharing meals with someone infected with HIV.

An HIV-infected mother can transmit HIV to her baby during pregnancy.

An HIV-infected mother can transmit HIV to her baby during delivery.

An HIV-infected mother can transmit HIV to her baby through breast milk.

All babies will be HIV-positive if their mothers are HIV-positive.

There are special medications that can be given to a woman infected with HIV to reduce the risk of transmission to her baby.