1. INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the study One of the key issues concerning women is health particularly protection from HIV/AIDS. Over the last two decades, two events have occurred which have gradually moved sexuality into contemporary nursing practice. The first event is the emergence of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) in the 1980s. AIDS was also already one of the leading causes of death among women. It is said that all HIV/AIDS prevention program must address the central realities of the target population. It is particularly difficult to deliver when the involved group is pregnant women. An issue that has in the forefronts of debate now is the competence of those who administer routine HIV testing to pregnant women. However, there are two hindrances for effective health promotion by means of preventing the continued spread of HIV/AIDS among women and in pregnant women. These are, first, the issues of highest importance for HIV/AI...