Impact of mass media campaigns on the knowledge and attitudes of pregnant Nigerian women towards HIV/AIDS

Etuk, Saturday; Ekanem, Ekpenyong E.

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“…These findings are consistent with other studies carried out in malaria endemic areas in which knowledge on symptoms of malaria was demonstrated [13,19,20]. For example, a study investigating the prevalence of malaria among clients seeking treatment for fever and/or malaria at drug store in rural Tanzania [20] demonstrated that 24.0% of the people who experienced fever and reported to drug stores to purchase anti-malarial drugs were actually diagnosed with malaria, even though 10.7% of them had reported before that they had malaria/fever [20].…”

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Knowledge and behaviour as determinants of anti-malarial drug use in a peri-urban population from malaria holoendemic region of western Kenya

Watsierah

Jura

Raballah

et al. 2011

Malar J

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BackgroundThe appropriate use of anti-malarial drugs determines therapeutic efficacy and the emergence and spread of drug-resistant malaria. Strategies for improving drug compliance require accurate information about current practices at the consumer level. This is to ascertain that the currently applied new combination therapy to malaria treatment will achieve sustained cure rates and protection against parasite resistance. Therefore, this cross-sectional study was designed to determine knowledge and behaviour of the consumers in households (n = 397) in peri-urban location in a malaria holoendemic region of western Kenya.MethodsThe knowledge and behaviour associated with anti-malarial use were evaluated. Using clusters, a questionnaire was administered to a particular household member who had the most recent malaria episode (within <2 weeks) and used an anti-malarial for cure. Mothers/caretakers provided information for children aged <13 years.ResultsConsumers' knowledge on dosage and duration/frequency demonstrated that only 29.4% used the correct artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) dosage. Most respondents who used quinine identified the correct duration of use (96.4%) since its administration was entirely at health facilities. To assess behaviours during use of anti-malarial drugs, respondents were stratified into those who took drugs with prescription (39.4%) and without prescription (61.6%). For those without prescription, the reasons given were; procedure of acquisition less costly (39.0%), took same drug for similar symptoms (23.0%), not satisfied with health services (15.5%), neighbour/friend/relative previously taken the same drug (12.5%) and health institution was far from their location (10%).ConclusionMajority of consumers in the study area were knowledgeable on the symptoms of malaria. In addition, majority acquired ineffective anti-malarial drugs for treatment and reported sub-optimal treatment regimens with the currently recommended drugs. Furthermore, behaviours which constrain the successful up-scaling of ACT were common, creating a challenge in the desire to turn efficacy to effectiveness of the combination therapy programme. It will be important to direct and focus interventions in creating awareness on the importance of using recommended drugs to lessen the use of less efficacious anti-malarials. In addition, the consumers need to be educated on the importance of drug adherence in such areas to reduce the emergence and spread of drug-resistant malaria.

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Knowledge and behaviour as determinants of anti-malarial drug use in a peri-urban population from malaria holoendemic region of western Kenya

Watsierah

Jura

Raballah

et al. 2011

Malar J

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“…II).This is comparable to the 95% reported from Calabar 10 . But awareness does not equate to understanding and accepting the modes of transmission, prevention and treatment of HIV/AIDS.…”

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HIV/AIDS-Related Knowledge And Attitudes Of Pregnant Women In Delta State, Nigeria

Awusi¹,

Anyanwu²

2009

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HIV/AIDS has become a global health challenge and, with no cure presently, prevention is the only available option in combating it.The aim of the study was to determine the knowledge and attitudes of pregnant women towards HIV/AIDS. A total of 200 consecutive women coming for antenatal care had a structured interview about the risk factors for HIV/AIDS.While most of the women (91%) were aware of HIV/AIDS, and that it could be transmitted sexually (95.6%) and through infected blood (57.7%), knowledge of its transmission through breast milk (36.8%) and mother-to-child (27.5%) was poor. Overall, 95.6% of the women would not want to stay in the same house with an AIDS patient and, 92.3% would not care for a relative with AIDS.

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“…A respondent's attitude toward HIV/AIDS was categorised as negative (0-4) or positive (5-8). A respondent's level of knowledge about ART was categorised as poor (0-5) or good (6)(7)(8)(9)(10). For the respondent's attitude toward ART adherence, scores ranging from 0-3 indicated a negative attitude, whereas scores from 4-6 indicated a positive attitude.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Another study among pregnant women from Calabar, in the southern part of Nigeria, reported that they had good knowledge about HIV; however, their knowledge about mother-to-child transmission of HIV/AIDS was poor, as only 23% of the women knew that HIV could be transmitted via breast milk [10].…”

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Knowledge and attitudes regarding HIV/AIDS and antiretroviral therapy among patients at a Nigerian treatment clinic

Olowookere

Fatiregun

Adewole

2012

J Infect Dev Ctries

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Introduction: We assessed the knowledge of and attitudes toward HIV/AIDS and antiretroviral therapy (ART) in people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA). Methodology: A descriptive, cross-sectional study design was employed. A structured interviewer-administered questionnaire was administered to consecutive, consenting PLWHA who had been receiving treatment for a minimum of three months. The level of ART adherence was calculated manually for each respondent. Results: In total 318 PLWHA completed the questionnaire. The mean and median time on ART was 17.8 months and 19 months respectively. The mean age of the respondents was 39.1±9.6 years. The majority of these respondents (76.9%) had completed secondary education. Over 80% of the respondents reported knowing that HIV can be transmitted through blood transfusions and unprotected sexual intercourse. Seventy-six per cent of the respondents reported knowing that ART suppresses HIV activity. However, 33% of the respondents denied being HIV positive, while 22.6% reported that they felt that taking ART was shameful. Over 32% of the respondents reported that good adherence to ART would raise suspicions about their HIV status, and 66.7% had not yet disclosed their HIV status to anyone. Most (77.7%) respondents had good knowledge of HIV/AIDS while 75.2% had good knowledge of ART. Also 78.9% had positive attitude to HIV/AIDS while 73.9%) had positive attitude to ART. Respondents with good knowledge about HIV/AIDS and a positive attitude about the disease tended to be more adherent to ART (p<0.01). Conclusions: The majority of respondents had good knowledge of and a positive attitude toward HIV/AIDS and ART adherence.

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Impact of mass media campaigns on the knowledge and attitudes of pregnant Nigerian women towards HIV/AIDS

Cited by 9 publications

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Knowledge and behaviour as determinants of anti-malarial drug use in a peri-urban population from malaria holoendemic region of western Kenya

Knowledge and behaviour as determinants of anti-malarial drug use in a peri-urban population from malaria holoendemic region of western Kenya

HIV/AIDS-Related Knowledge And Attitudes Of Pregnant Women In Delta State, Nigeria

Knowledge and attitudes regarding HIV/AIDS and antiretroviral therapy among patients at a Nigerian treatment clinic

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