Educating Women for HIV Prevention: Does Exposure to Mass Media Make Them More Knowledgeable?

Jesmin, Syeda S.; Chaudhuri, Sanjukta; Abdullah, Shahnaz

doi:10.1080/07399332.2012.736571

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“…women who did not use contraception did not have enough sexual autonomy to refuse sex with an STDinfected husband/partner, as they may not be empowered to make this decision. These findings bear resemblance to the results of other studies [9,[15][16][17][18][19].…”

Section: Behavior Regarding Stds and Hiv/aidssupporting

confidence: 91%

“…Several similar studies also indicated that knowledge and awareness of STDs and HIV/aIDS reduce the risk of sexually transmitted infections [9][10][11][12][13][15][16][17][18][19][20][21].…”

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“…A study carried out in a Turkish Cypriot (TC) community revealed that 42.32% of respondents described school as the main source of awareness about STDs, and only 7.57% of the group cited health care professionals as the source of information [18]. another study that was conducted in Bangladesh asserted that media exposure along with women's education, age, employment and urban residence are the significant predictors of their knowledge and awareness of STDs and HIV/aIDS [19]. The results derived from the studies bring into question of which social factors affect the level of knowledge and awareness regarding STDs and HIV/aIDS and their sexual behavior among ever married women.…”

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Social determinants of awareness and behavior regarding STDs and HIV/AIDS among ever married women in Bangladesh

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2016

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Background. about 8,900 people are living with HIV/aIDS, and 1,000 aIDS-related deaths had been reported in Bangladesh by the end of 2014. Objectives. The study investigates the social determinants of awareness and behavior regarding STDs and HIV/aIDS among ever married women in Bangladesh. Material and methods. This cross-sectional research extracted data concerning 17,828 ever married women from the Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey (BDHS) in 2014. The chi-square (χ 2 ) and multinomial logistic regression model were used to identify the factors associated with knowledge, awareness and behavior concerning STDs and HIV/aIDS. Results. Overall, 28.6% of examined ever married women have never heard of STDs or HIV/aIDS nor any of their prevention methods. also, only 15.6% of reported women were the decision makers regarding the use of contraception during sexual intercourse, and 91.3% of women had the capacity to refuse sexual contact with their STD-infected husband/partner. Women who belong to households classified as lower class (OR = 0.525, 95% CI = 0.461-0.598) or middle class (OR = 0.643, 95% CI = 0.564-0.733) had less comprehensive knowledge and awareness of STDs and HIV/AIDS than those categorized as upper class. Women at a level of education below secondary (OR = 0.200, 95% CI = 0.179-0.223) also had less comprehensive knowledge and awareness than highly educated women. Moreover, women living in an urban residence (OR = 1.141, 95% CI = 1.003-1.297) were more likely to make the decision of using contraception and (OR = 1.546, 95% CI = 1.351-1.770) more likely to refuse sexual contact with an STD-infected husband/partner than their rural counterparts. Formally unemployed women (OR = 0.894, 95% CI = 0.793-1.010) were less likely to refuse sexual intercourse with an STD-infected husband than employed women. Conclusions. Social determinants such as education, wealth and media exposure determine the level of knowledge and awareness and affect the behavior of women concerning STDs and HIV/aIDS.

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“…IPV is pervasive in Bangladesh and justified by more than one-third of the married women (Measure Demographic Health Surveys, 2012). Many married women feel that they cannot refuse to have sex with their husbands if their husbands have sexually transmitted infections (STIs; Jesmin & Cready, 2014). In a nationally representative sample of Bangladeshi married women, Decker et al (2008) found that 38% women experienced some form of violence in the 12 months preceding the survey.…”

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Married Women’s Justification of Intimate Partner Violence in Bangladesh: Examining Community Norm and Individual-Level Risk Factors

Jesmin

2015

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One-third of the women worldwide experience intimate partner violence (IPV) that increases their vulnerability to both short- and long-term physical, sexual, reproductive, and mental health problems. Surprisingly, IPV is justified by many women globally. Although the IPV literature to date is mostly focused on risk factors associated with actual occurrences, little is known on attitudinal acceptance of such violence. Also, despite the growing scholarship of community influence and health link, IPV research has relatively overlooked the effects of norms at the community level. Using a representative national sample of 13,611 married women in Bangladesh, this study examined the association of community attitudes and women's individual attitudes toward wife beating. The results revealed that women living in communities with permissive attitudes toward wife beating were more likely to justify husbands' beating (OR=4.5). Women married at a younger age, who had less than primary-level education, lived in households categorized as poor or middle class, and did not consume media appeared to be at higher risk for justifying wife beating. This research adds to a growing research body on community influences on health by examining IPV attitudes and community norms link.

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“…women and young adults). Thus appropriate programming for mass media can be very effective in informing people especially adolescents [12][13][14][15] . Moreover, among multiple accessible methods, using leaders of student groups as peer educator-mentor could have a mesmerizing influence on students' attitude [11] .…”

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The effects of a social-cognitive method based education on knowledge and attitudes intentions with respect to HIV transmition among school learners in Maragheh, Iran

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Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Disease

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Educating Women for HIV Prevention: Does Exposure to Mass Media Make Them More Knowledgeable?

Cited by 41 publications

References 59 publications

Social determinants of awareness and behavior regarding STDs and HIV/AIDS among ever married women in Bangladesh

Social determinants of awareness and behavior regarding STDs and HIV/AIDS among ever married women in Bangladesh

Married Women’s Justification of Intimate Partner Violence in Bangladesh: Examining Community Norm and Individual-Level Risk Factors

The effects of a social-cognitive method based education on knowledge and attitudes intentions with respect to HIV transmition among school learners in Maragheh, Iran

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