Factors associated with HIV testing among pregnant women in Indonesia: basic health research

HIV testing in pregnant women is an effort in preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV. This study aimed to assess the uptake of HIV testing during pregnancy and its related factors in pregnant women aged 10-54 years in Indonesia. We analyzed the secondary data set from the results of the 2018 Indonesian Basic Health Research survey. Adjust Odds Ratio and 95% interval calculated using logistic regression analysis to identify factors associated with HIV testing during pregnancy. Out of a total of 80,648 participants, only 16.2% took an HIV test or around 83.8% of pregnant women who did not take an HIV test during their pregnancy. The participants' characteristic who took the HIV test was mostly aged 21-30 years (45.2%), graduated from high school (37.0%), were unemployed (54.1%), and lived in urban areas (56.8%). Pregnant women who have never attended school (AOR = 2.04, 95% CI: 1.868-2.240) and also live in rural areas (AOR = 0.51, 95% CI: 0.481-0.521) are more at risk of not having an HIV test. The uptake of HIV testing in pregnant women in Indonesia was still low. It is necessary to integrate HIV testing services into antenatal care services to improve the quality and access to HIV testing.