TABLE 2.

Sources of knowledge for prevention of mother-to-child transmission practice.

Sources of knowledge	Seldom		Frequently
	n	%	N	%
Information that I learn about each patient/client as an individual	39	48.8	41	51.3
My intuitions about what seems to be right for the patient/client	46	57.5	34	42.5
My personal experience of caring for patients/clients over time	33	40.7	48	59.3
What has worked for me for years	53	66.3	27	33.8
The ways that I have always done it	52	65.0	28	35.0
Information my fellow practitioners share	41	50.6	40	49.4
Information senior clinical nurses share, for example clinical nurse specialists and nurse practitioners	41	51.3	39	48.8
What doctors discuss with me	44	55.0	36	45.0
New treatments and medications that I learn about when doctors prescribe them for patients	39	48.1	42	51.9
Medications and treatments I gain from pharmaceutical or equipment company representatives	48	59.3	33	40.7
Information I get from product literature	55	67.9	26	32.1
Information I learn in my training	24	29.6	57	70.4
Information I get from attending in-service training/conferences	28	34.6	53	65.4
Information I get from local policy and protocols	32	39.5	49	60.5
Information I get from national policy initiatives/guidelines	34	42.0	47	58.0
Information I get from local audit reports	65	80.2	16	19.8
Articles published in medical journals	70	86.4	11	13.6
Articles published in nursing journals	71	87.7	10	12.3
Articles published in research journals	71	87.7	10	12.3
Information in textbooks	50	61.7	31	38.3
Information I get from the Internet	66	81.5	15	18.5
Information I get from the media (magazines, TV)	62	77.5	18	22.5