Impact of education on knowledge, attitudes, and practices for gestational toxoplasmosis.

Background: Toxoplasmosis is potentially avoidable, treatable, and curable by simple and direct preventive measures. Knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) assessments concerning gestational toxoplasmosis were evaluated in a cohort of pregnant women from Armenia-Quindío (Colombia, South America).

Methods: This cross-sectional descriptive KAP-type study was performed with informed consent between October 2021 and March 2022.

Evaluation of the acceptability of point of care diagnostic test for prenatal toxoplasmosis (translational research phase III).

Background: A new point of care test (POC) was developed that is promising as a tool to enhance impact of prenatal care programs for toxoplasmosis, however, no reports exist about its use or acceptability for healthcare personnel and mothers in Colombia.

Methods: This was a translational research - phase III study of the acceptability of a new POC test (Toxoplasma ICT IgG-IgM, LDBio) for qualitative diagnosis of toxoplasmosis in 783 pregnant women and 30 health personnel in primary health care sites in the city of Armenia, Quindío (Colombia). Along with collection of the results of diagnostic POC and confirmatory test and demographic information, we evaluated acceptability through measure of the willingness, credibility, and satisfaction by using questionnaires with a Likert scale during routine prenatal care visits.