How Does Exposure to Mass Media Affect HIV Testing and HIV-Related Knowledge Among Adolescents? Evidence from Uganda

Lompo, Miaba Louise; Bago, Jean-Louis

doi:10.2139/ssrn.3233900

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“…These campaigns acted as catalysts to ART uptake and adherence since they inspired participants to accept themselves thus managing a number of limitations for example rejection, self-hatred, and stigma as well as spurring positive living. Our results are in agreement with a study done in Uganda about how exposure to mass Media affect HIV Testing and HIV-related knowledge among adolescents which found that Mass media awareness campaigns play a key role in promoting sexual and reproductive health among adolescents (15). Whereas these campaigns positively in uenced ART uptake among adolescents, our study participants expressed concerns about the languages these messages were frequently aired out.…”

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confidence: 92%

ART Uptake Among HIV Positive Adolescents: The Effect of Mass Media Campaigns in Southwestern Uganda

Akankunda

Tayebwa

Byamugisha

et al. 2020

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Background: Globally about 1.7 million adolescents between the ages of 10 and 19 were living with HIV in 2019, of these, about 1.5 million were living in sub-Saharan Africa and approximately above 127,000 were living in Uganda. However uptake of ART is still low among adolescents especially in low income countries due to lack of information they need to understand HIV and its management. Therefore, we set out to explore the influence of mass media campaigns on promoting ART uptake among HIV positive adolescents in Southwestern Uganda.Methods: A phenomenological qualitative cross-sectional study design was adopted to explore the influence of mass media campaigns on the promotion of ART Uptake among adolescents. We conducted 7 FGDs with Adolescents living with HIV aged 10-19 years and 5 key informants’ interviews with the health care workers in the adolescents’ HIV clinic at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital. Data was transcribed verbatim and translated from Runyankole to English. Two researchers reviewed all the transcripts, developed a codebook identifying the emerging subthemes from which we manually generated the themes in relation to our research question. Results: Results revealed a large breadth of awareness and knowledge possessed by adolescents about mass media campaigns. This ranged from knowing the various messages that were being aired out and the channels which carried these messages. These campaigns acted as catalysts to ART uptake and adherence since they inspired participants to accept themselves thus managing a number of limitations. Our participants preferred broadcast media channels and messages that featured successful stories of HIV positive living people. Conclusion: HIV mass media campaigns promoted ART uptake among HIV positive adolescents. It is recommended that HIV health service providers take into account the unique needs and nature of adolescents while designing and airing out various media campaigns which would influence their positive living and thus leading to their increased health life expectancy.

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confidence: 92%

ART Uptake Among HIV Positive Adolescents: The Effect of Mass Media Campaigns in Southwestern Uganda

Akankunda

Tayebwa

Byamugisha

et al. 2020

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“…The same study also suggested that continuous and proactive media movements may lead to diffusion of ideas that may ultimately promote HIV testing. Evidence from the analysis of the 2016 Uganda DHS and result from a longitudinal analysis conducted in India also showed that exposure to mass media was signi cantly associated with HIV related knowledge (33,35), and, from the current study, it is evident that HIV related knowledge is strongly associated with HIV VCT uptake.…”

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confidence: 64%

“…This result is similar to the ndings from Zimbabwe and Burkina Faso where exposure to media was positively associated with HIV VCT uptake (21,29). Evidence from the analysis of the 2016 Uganda DHS showed that listening to radio once a week and watching television more than once a week increases the odds of being tested for HIV by 4.57% and 8.57% respectively (33). Another study in SSA using three rounds of DHSs also presented that there is a signi cant relationship between exposure to mass media and HIV VCT uptake (34).…”

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HIV Voluntary Counseling and Testing Uptake and Associated Factors among Sexually Active Men in Ethiopia: Evidence from the 2016 EDHS Using Multilevel Modeling

Kabeta

Feyasa

Nigatu

2020

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Background HIV counselling affirms that people exercise their right to known their HIV status and open the gateway to care, treatment, and support for a person in need. Existing evidence shows that its counselling and testing uptake among sexually active males in Ethiopia is too low and hence this study aims to determine the status of uptake and identify its determinants. Method Data on 12, 688 sexually active men was extracted from the 2016 Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey. Multilevel logistic regression was fitted to identify the factors associated with the uptake. Result This study depicted that the overall voluntary counseling and testing of HIV uptake among sexually active men in Ethiopia was 45.69%; 95% CI [43.08%, 48.33%]. Results showed that about 13% of the variation in the likelihood of being tested for HIV was due to the variation among the regions. Moreover, age, religion, education, occupational, marital status, HIV knowledge, health insurance, wealth status, risky sexual behavior, discussion about family planning with health workers, owning of mobile, frequency of watching television and listening to the radio were significant factors. Conclusion Voluntary counseling and testing uptake among sexually active men in Ethiopia is low and varies across the regions. The level of HIV knowledge, having risky sexual behavior, health insurance, and media were some of the significant factors. Therefore, giving due consideration to these factors worth boosting voluntary HIV counseling and testing uptake, which is an integral component of the strategies to efficiently prevent and control the disease.

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“…Drawing on previous studies on general media exposure (Donaldson et al, 2017;Lompo & Bago, 2018), we measured newspaper exposure with a single item on a 5-point scale using the question, "What is your frequency of reading newspaper reports on the political happenings in Nigeria?" Possible responses ranged from Never (1) to Always (5) (α = 0.81).…”

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Newspaper Exposure, Efficacy Feeling and Political Apathy among Youths in South-East Nigeria

Erubami¹,

Bebenimibo²,

Ohaja³

2021

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The spate of youths’ political apathy in Nigeria remains a constant source of worry to stakeholders. Nevertheless, efforts to stem the tide have been largely unsuccessful. Studies indicate that many youths rely on newspapers and other mass media for political information, and such reliance may influence their general political behaviour. This study examines the influence of newspaper reports on the extent of political apathy among young people in Southeast Nigeria using a sample of 384 respondents selected through a multistage sampling technique. It also evaluates the roles played by political efficacy and news perception in youths’ extent of political involvement. Findings show that obtaining political news from newspaper is positively associated with an increased feeling of political efficacy (rs(379) = .567**, p = <.05) but negatively related to reduced political apathy among youths (rs(379) = -.525**, p = <.05). Also, many young people tend to perceive newspaper political reports to lack depth, objectivity, and accuracy. This perception tends to be negatively associated with their extent of political apathy (rs(379) = -.427*, p = <.05). Therefore, newspaper coverage must pay more attention to reporting on important political issues that will enable the public to take self-determined action consistent with the social responsibility of the press.

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How Does Exposure to Mass Media Affect HIV Testing and HIV-Related Knowledge Among Adolescents? Evidence from Uganda

Cited by 3 publications

References 15 publications

ART Uptake Among HIV Positive Adolescents: The Effect of Mass Media Campaigns in Southwestern Uganda

ART Uptake Among HIV Positive Adolescents: The Effect of Mass Media Campaigns in Southwestern Uganda

HIV Voluntary Counseling and Testing Uptake and Associated Factors among Sexually Active Men in Ethiopia: Evidence from the 2016 EDHS Using Multilevel Modeling

Newspaper Exposure, Efficacy Feeling and Political Apathy among Youths in South-East Nigeria

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