Awareness of Infectious Disease Screening During Early Pregnancy and Knowledge About its Vertical Transmission in Japan: A Report from the Pregnant Women Health Initiative.
Mizuha OdagamiAkiko IwataKazumi KubotaKentaro KurasawaMika OkudaShigeru AokiTomoo HirabukiTomoko TujieHaruya SajiTetsuya HasegawaNatsuko KobayashiYutaka UedaShinichi IshiokaTakayuki EnomotoMakoto TsujiHiroyuki ShigetaKumi KoikeHiroaki TanakaRie TsukinagaYoshimi HasegawaReiko NumazakiHajime OtaHiroaki KaseHiroshi IshikawaYoshihiro SaitoTakaharu YamawakiEtsuko MiyagiPublished in: Maternal and child health journal (2023)
Pregnant women in Japan had generally good levels of understanding regarding their results in early-pregnancy infectious disease screening. However, they had insufficient knowledge regarding mother-to-child transmission of these diseases. Health care providers should raise awareness in infectious disease prevention among pregnant women and the general public, providing appropriate measures and implementing effective perinatal checkups and follow-ups for infectious diseases.