An Action Research of the Incidence of Mother-to-Child HIV Infection and Good Practices for Prevention of HIV Infection from Mother to Child in Thabo Crown Prince Hospital, Nong Khai Province

Abstract

     The objective of this research was action research to study the incidence of HIV infection in children born to HIV-infected mother which methods for good behavior in preventing HIV infection from mother to child and develop a model for good behavior for pregnant women infected with HIV in preventing HIV infection from mother to child. Action research consists of collecting both quantitative and qualitative methods. Purposive sampling was selected in the amount of 66 samples, including 52 samples in medical records, 9 HIV-infected pregnant women, and 5 working professional nurses. Data collection was divided into 3 phases. Including 1) the phase of analyzing the situation 2) the phase of developing a model for good behavior in the prevention of HIV infection from mother to child and 3) the follow-up period for the results of model development applied. Then, integrates 4 stages of conducting action research: preparation stage, operation stage, and participatory observation and reflection stages. In all 3 phases of implementation, results of research on good behavior patterns of HIV-infected pregnant women in preventing HIV infection from mother to child who received counseling at Thabo Crown Prince Hospital, 50 cases were found to be 100% non-infected.