Factors Associated with Knowledge of Transmission and Prevention of HIV/ AIDS among Men and Women in Uganda: Evidence from Demographic Health Survey of Uganda 2016

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“…According to past literature, parameters of the HBM, and pre-analysis results, ten predictors were included in this study as explanatory variables. 7 , 13 , 17 , 23 The selected explanatory variables are age of respondents (≤25, >25); area of residence (urban, rural); education of both respondent and her partner (none/pre-primary, primary, secondary, higher secondary and above); wealth index (poorest, poorest, middle, richer, richest); gender of house head (male, female); age of house head (15-34, 35-50, 50+); division (Dhaka, Barishal, Sylhet, Khulna, Rajshahi, Chattogram, Rangpur, Mymensingh); media exposure (yes, no) and mobile phone ownership (yes, no). For media exposure, if the respondent said yes to watching tv or listening to radio or reading newspaper or used internet in past week, she was considered as exposed to media (yes).…”

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“…HIV/AIDS related knowledge and education are seen by many as central to increasing people's awareness of, as well as decreasing their vulnerability to HIV/AIDS. 8,[11][12][13] Prevalence of HIV/AIDS is found to be significantly higher among people who are unaware of the potential routes of transmission, 14,15 which infers that HIV/AIDS related knowledge and education helps in decreasing their vulnerability to HIV/AIDS.…”

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Knowledge About HIV/AIDS and Its Transmission and Misconception Among Women in Bangladesh

Bhowmik

Biswas

2022

Int J Health Policy Manag

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Background Asian and pacific region countries are high risk countries for HIV/AIDS. Although the prevalence of HIV/AIDS is low in Bangladesh but women in Bangladesh have been identified as susceptible due to associated socioeconomic exposures. There are various misconceptions associated with HIV/AIDS transmission among the women in low-and middle-income countries including Bangladesh, which lead to a negative attitude towards the HIV/AIDS-infected. The purpose of this study was to assess the overall knowledge, transmission, and misconception about HIV/AIDS among the women in Bangladesh as well as its spatial distribution across the country. Methods The study used data from the UNICEF Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2019, with a sample of 64,346 women. This was a cross-sectional, population-based survey of Bangladeshi women aged 15–49 conducted using a multistage, cluster sampling technique. Three binary outcome variables considered were knowledge about HIV/AIDS, knowledge about HIV/AIDS transmission and knowledge on myths and misconceptions on HIV/AIDS along with 10 predictors based on past literature. Bivariable analysis using Chi-square tests of association was conducted to examine the unadjusted percentage differences of the outcome variables for each of the predictor variables and their associations. Multiple binary logistic regression models were then fitted to evaluate the association between the outcome variables and the predictors after adjusting for survey cluster, strata, and weights. All analysis was conducted in R software (V 2.5.0). Results The percentage of women who held knowledge about HIV/AIDS, knowledge about HIV/AIDS transmission and knowledge on misconceptions about transmission of HIV were on average 60.3%, 52.2% and 71.7% respectively. The models indicated that women regularly exposed to media were 79%, 18% and 19% significantly more likely (OR (95% CI) = 1.79 (1.70, 1.89); 1.18 (1.10 1.26) and 1.19 (1.11, 1.27)) to have heard about HIV, aware about HIV transmission, and have less misconceptions about HIV respectively compared to those who were not exposed to media. Overall results indicate that women from peripheral districts living far from metropolitan cities were most unaware of HIV and had higher misconceptions about AIDS. Conclusion The findings of this study should assist policy makers and program implementers to focus on raising awareness to educating women about how HIV/AIDS is transmitted. Furthermore, interventions should be made by targeting the most disadvantaged groups, including younger women with low education living in rural areas, from poor households and limited access to information. Also, education on HIV transmission in Bangladesh should integrate cultural and ethnic considerations of HIV/AIDS.

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