Male attitudes towards VCT and correlates of accompanying female partners to antenatal clinic and receiving couple counseling were determined.
Of these, 2,003 (96%) couples received pretest counseling, including 994 (50%) couples receiving couples pretest counseling, 864 (43%) receiving pre-test couples group education followed by couples consent, and 145 (7.3%) receiving individual risk assessment followed by couples counseling (data not shown).
Our previous findings show that individuals are more likely to test individually than together with their partners (15), and that fear of the consequences of receiving couples' HCT (11) remain key barriers to couples' HCT uptake in this cohort.
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Differences between men who received couple versus individual VCT may reflect an increased attentiveness among men and women during a first pregnancy that results in greater acceptance of messages promoting the benefits of couple counseling.
Among men presenting with partners, 2,003 (96%) received couples counseling.
Of those that had ever received couples' HCT, 802 (94.8%) reported that they had ever received couples' HCT with their current marital partners.
Of these, 846 (41.9%) reported that they had ever received couples' HCT.
In any case, 95% of those who reported previous couples' HCT also reported that they have ever received couples' HCT with their current marital partners.
It is likely that couples in high HIV prevalence settings may be less likely to receive couples' HCT than their counterparts in low HIV prevalence settings.
