Volume 25, Number 11—November 2019
Dispatch
Preventing Sexual Transmission of Zika Virus Infection during Pregnancy, Puerto Rico, USA, 20161
, Katie Kortsmit, Lee Warner, Denise V. D’Angelo, Holly B. Shulman, Wanda Hernández Virella, Aspy Taraporewalla, Leslie Harrison, Sascha Ellington, Carrie Shapiro-Mendoza, Wanda Barfield, Ruben A. Smith, Denise J. Jamieson, Shanna Cox, Karen Pazol, Patricia García Díaz, Beatriz Ríos Herrera, Manuel Vargas Bernal, on behalf of the Puerto Rico Department of Health, and the Women’s Health and Fertility Branch, Division of Reproductive Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Table 1
Adjusted prevalence estimates and ratios of receipt of provider counseling on condom use during pregnancy to prevent Zika virus infection by maternal characteristics, Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System–Zika Postpartum Emergency Response Study, Puerto Rico, USA, 2016*
| Characteristic | Received counseling on condom use to prevent Zika, n = 2,229† |
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|---|---|---|---|
| % Patients (95% CI)‡ | Crude PR (95% CI) | Adjusted PR (95% CI)§ | |
| Age, y | |||
| <19 | 89.7 (85.6–92.7) | 1.17 (1.09–1.26) | 1.10 (1.03–1.18) |
| 20–34 | 87.3 (85.7–88.7) | 1.13 (1.06–1.21) | 1.07 (1.01–1.13) |
| >35 |
81.5 (77.0–85.3) |
Referent¶ |
Referent¶ |
| Education level | |||
| High school or less | 86.3 (83.5–88.6) | 1.02 (0.99–1.05) | 0.99 (0.96–1.03) |
| More than high school |
87.1 (85.4–88.5) |
Referent |
Referent |
| Marital status during pregnancy | |||
| Unmarried | 86.2 (84.4–87.8) | 1.03 (0.99–1.07) | 0.98 (0.95–1.01) |
| Married |
88.0 (85.5–90.1) |
Referent |
Referent |
| Prenatal WIC program participation | |||
| Yes, did not receive a Zika prevention kit | 80.2 (75.4–84.3) | 1.13 (1.02–1.24) | 1.14 (1.02–1.26) |
| Yes, received a Zika prevention kit | 90.3 (88.9–91.5) | 1.27 (1.16–1.38) | 1.28 (1.17–1.40) |
| No |
70.6 (64.0–76.5) |
Referent |
Referent |
| Sexually active during pregnancy | |||
| Yes | 87.0 (85.5–88.3) | Referent | Referent |
| No | 86.3 (83.1–89.0) | 1.00 (0.96–1.03) | 0.99 (0.96–1.03) |
*PR, prevalence ratio; WIC, Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children.
†Unweighted sample size.
‡Adjusted weighted percentage.
§All prevalence and prevalence ratio estimates were adjusted for maternal age and education, marital status, prenatal WIC participation, sexual activity during pregnancy, infant birth month, and region.
¶Adjusted p value (<0.01) for linear trend based on maternal age.
1Preliminary results from this study were presented at the 2018 American Public Health Association Annual Meeting in San Diego, California, USA, November 10–14, 2018.