Awareness and attitudes towards HIV/AIDS among residents of Kandy, Sri Lanka

Navaratna, Samidi; Kanda, Koji; Dharmaratne, Samath D; Tennakoon, Sampath; Jayasinghe, Amila; Jayasekara, Niroshan; Nagano, Katsutoshi; Obayashi, Yoshihide; Arai, Asuna; Tamashiro, Hiko

doi:10.1080/09540121.2014.963496

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“…In our study, the awareness rate of Ebola virus disease was 38.07 %, which is similar to Jain's study that 52.4 % respondents had a higher level of cognition while 2.8 % had a lower level of knowledge about Ebola virus disease [15]. The awareness rate of HIV/AIDS was 81.04 % as same as Sutton's [16] survey, but higher than Navaratna's [17] study. The difference about awareness rate concerning two diseases might be due to less attention because of no outbreak about Ebola virus disease in China or lack of enough, active, effective propaganda and health education on it.…”

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confidence: 78%

“…Comparison in different socio-demographic, awareness rates about Ebola virus disease and HIV/AIDS among medical students were all higher than non-medical; awareness rate about Ebola virus disease and HIV/AIDS in different grades all had statistic significance, as the same as Okafor's study about HIV [21], but had not statistic significance in different sex as the conclusion in Navaratna's study [17]; different registered residences participants had statistic significance in Ebola virus disease but not in HIV/AIDS 19 . So WHO suggested that we should promote health education [22].…”

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confidence: 57%

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Assessing the Level of Knowledge about Ebola Virus Disease among College Students

Li¹,

Zhu²,

Tong³

et al. 2017

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Objective: Ebola virus disease is becoming a public health emergency of international concern, but the study of knowledge about Ebola virus disease among college students is limited. This study aimed to assess the level of knowledge about Ebola virus disease among college students for offering the strategies to health education of Ebola virus disease. Methods: The stratified cluster sampling method was used and the investigation with self-administration and anonymous questionnaire included knowledge of Ebola virus disease and HIV/AIDS was conducted among 1200 college students who were enrolled from three colleges in Wuhu, China from May to July in 2015. Results: The correct answer rate of epidemic area of Ebola virus disease was the highest (71.37 %), the transmitting vector was the lowest (13.14 %). The average awareness rate of Ebola virus disease (0.381 ± 0.256) was significantly lower than that of HIV/AIDS (0.810 ± 0.220) (P < 0.05). The awareness rate of Ebola virus disease were significantly different in specialties, grades and registered residences (P < 0.05). And in HIV/AIDS, there were also significant differences in specialties, grades (P < 0.05). The medical students’ awareness rate of Ebola virus disease was generally higher than non-medical students’, freshmen and junior and above were higher than sophomore, and there was a decline trend in students from urban, town to rural (P < 0.05). Conclusion: The awareness rate of Ebola virus disease was lower comparing to HIV/AIDS among colleges students. It should strengthen the health education about Ebola virus disease toward different characteristics of college student.

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Assessing the Level of Knowledge about Ebola Virus Disease among College Students

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Zhu²,

Tong³

et al. 2017

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“…Similar results were found to be reported in Sri Lanka. However, Janahi and colleagues in their findings reported that more than half of the adult participants (n = 1,630) in Bahrain would avoid sitting near, hugging or even shaking HIV infected people's hand [110][111][112].…”

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Knowledge gaps of STIs in Africa; Systematic review

Badawi¹,

SalahEldin

Idris

et al. 2019

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Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) are ambiguous burden of tremendous health, social and economic consequences. The current systematic review was conducted in order to determine awareness and knowledge of Africans toward sexually transmitted infections, not only concerning HIV/AIDS, but also other STIs such as gonorrhea, syphilis, HBV, HCV and HPV. A systematic review of literature was conducted, studies were retrieved and selected after fulfilling the inclusion criteria as well as passing the assessment procedure. Related data was extracted, quantitative analysis was conducted among participants who responded to questions related to HIV, HBV, HCV, HPV or STIs knowledge, sensitivity analysis as well as subgroup analysis were also conducted. Seventy four articles addressing knowledge among 35 African countries were included and 136 questions were analyzed and synthesized. The question "does using condom reduces HIV transmission?" was answered by 1,316,873 Africans in 35 countries, 66.8% [95% Cl; 62.6, 70.9] answered yes. While the question "is sexual contact a possible route of HBV transmission?" was answered by 7,490 participants in 5 countries; 42.5% [95% Cl; 20.4, 64.7] answered yes. The differences observed among populations are highlighting the possibility for improvement by directing light toward specific populations as well as addressing specific awareness knowledge to ensure that the general as well as the related specific preventive knowledge is improved.

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“…Receiving the HIV risk self-assessment conducted by the school and awareness that HIV self-testing kits were available at school were influencing factors, and knowledge of HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment was a protective factor against casual sexual behavior among male college students. Studies have shown that increasing the population's HIV/AIDS awareness rate and promoting consistent knowledge and behaviors are important means to protect susceptible populations [18,19]. It is necessary to further strengthen campus health education and increase publicity to promote the integration of knowledge and actions to prevent HIV infection.…”

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Analysis of factors influencing casual sexual behavior among male college students in Zhejiang Province, China

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Objective The purpose of this study was to explore the situations and factors influencing casual sexual behavior among male college students, in order to provide scientific evidences and measures of the prevention and control for HIV/AIDS. Method Using the stratified cluster sampling method, male college students who self-reported sexual behavior were selected as survey subjects in 13 colleges and universities in 11 cities of Zhejiang Province from October to November 2018. We used a custom online questionnaire to collect information on the demographic characteristics, sexual attitudes, sexual behaviors, and HIV interventions of the respondents. The χ2 test was performed on the composition ratios between different groups. With the occurrence of casual sexual behavior as the dependent variable, logistic regression was used to analyze the factors influencing casual male sexual behavior. Results A total of 2734 male college students were surveyed, aged 20.20±1.41 years, of which 595 had casual sex, accounting for 21.7%. The rate of HIV prevention awareness among the participants was 85.1%. Multivariate analysis showed that receiving a self-assessment of HIV risk conducted by the school (Ajusted OR = 1.45, 95% CI = 1.14–1.84), knowing that HIV self-test kits were available at school (Ajusted OR = 2.02, 95% CI = 1.56–2.62), accepting one-night stands (Ajusted OR = 2.82, 95% CI = 2.18–3.66), accepting commercial sex (Ajusted OR = 1.95, 95% CI = 1.53–2.48), being a man who has sex with men (Ajusted OR = 1.81, 95% CI = 1.37–2.39), being a senior (Ajusted OR = 0.46, 95% CI = 0.30–0.71), having knowledge of HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment (Ajusted OR = 0.66, 95% CI = 0.51–0.86), and knowing that the CDC provides HIV testing services (Ajusted OR = 0.56, 95% CI = 0.41–0.77) were factors influencing male college students’ casual sexual behavior. Conclusion Male college students who have causal sexual behaviors have a high degree of openness in sexual attitudes, insufficient knowledge of AIDS prevention, and knowledge of HIV testing-related information but low testing rates. For male college students’ HIV prevention education intervention, it is necessary to emphasize the establishment of correct sexual attitudes and concepts and promote safe sexual behaviors to prevent the spread of HIV.

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Awareness and attitudes towards HIV/AIDS among residents of Kandy, Sri Lanka

Cited by 9 publications

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Assessing the Level of Knowledge about Ebola Virus Disease among College Students

Assessing the Level of Knowledge about Ebola Virus Disease among College Students

Knowledge gaps of STIs in Africa; Systematic review

Analysis of factors influencing casual sexual behavior among male college students in Zhejiang Province, China

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