Knowledge of and attitudes toward HIV/AIDS among Iranian women

Zarei, Ehsan; Khabiri, Roghayeh; Tajvar, Maryam; Nosratnejad, Shirin

doi:10.4178/epih.e2018037

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“…The pooled prevalence estimates showed that even though more than 90% of the population had heard about STIs (94.5%) in general and HIV(92.2%) in particular, (79.7%) had never heard about HCV. These results are consistent with earlier studies in Eastern Europe, Victoria, Lao People's Democratic Republic and Iran [85][86][87][88]. Moreover, (25.1%) of the population knows HPV.…”

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Knowledge gaps of STIs in Africa; Systematic review

Badawi¹,

SalahEldin

Idris

et al. 2019

PLoS ONE

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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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confidence: 93%

Knowledge gaps of STIs in Africa; Systematic review

Badawi¹,

SalahEldin

Idris

et al. 2019

PLoS ONE

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“…Being resident in Bandar-Abbas, especially its non-marginal areas, was directly linked to an increase in the students' knowledge levels. Inadequacy of educational infrastructures in such underprivileged and less developed regions (with lower rates of literacy and unemployment) might have been associated with the students' behaviors and lower knowledge levels (11,20). The families' lower SES in deprived areas could be another reason for this nding (21,22).…”

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confidence: 99%

HIV/AIDS-Related Knowledge and Behavior Among High School Students in A Less-Developed High-Risk Region: A Cross-Sectional Study

Mohamadian

Sharifi

Hassanzadeh

et al. 2020

Preprint

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Background: Some residents of the Persian Gulf Coastline (PGC) areas are circular migrants due to geo-commercial issues. They have a higher risk of HIV infection, lack of awareness, and non-disclosure of their HIV/AIDS status. These people who live with HIV (PLHIV) are considered as the bridge population for HIV transmission to general population, especially adolescents. This study sought to investigate the knowledge and behavior of adolescents about HIV/AIDS prevention and transmission in a less-developed high-risk area located along the PGC.Methods: In this cross-sectional study using multistage cluster random sampling, 1450 students were invited to complete a standardized questionnaire. The prevalence of adequate knowledge, condom use, and stigmatization of HIV/AIDS and their 95% Confidence Intervals (CIs) were estimated. Adjusted Odds Ratios (ORs) were estimated using ordinal logistic regression.Results: Totally, 17.09% (CI: 15.0- 19.3) of the students had adequate knowledge. Social networks and the internet were the most important sources of information (20.9%, CI: 18.6-23.3). Socioeconomic status (OR: 2.0, 95% CI: 1.7-2.3), gender (0.6, CI: 0.5- 0.8), residential area (0.08, CI: 0.05-0.1), and using social networks and the internet as the main sources of information (1.5, CI: 1.1-1.9) were correlated to the level of knowledge. Furthermore, 29.8% (CI: 27.2-32.5) of the students respected the social rights of PLHIV, and 12.6% (CI: 10.7-14.6) reported condom use.Conclusion: HIV/AIDS-related educational programs are recommended in the PGC, especially for males, students from marginalized areas, and people with lower socioeconomic statuses. Social networks and the internet may be the most effective way to improve people's knowledge about HIV/AIDS.

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“…Since AIDS has spread rapidly around the world, and it continues to be a major global public health problem, and prevention is the main strategy to deal with the AIDS pandemic. [7] Therefore, it is urge to improve people's abilities to prevent and control AIDS by popularize knowledge of AIDS prevention. University students are in a sexually active stage, and there is a potential risk of HIV/AIDS infection.…”

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confidence: 99%

Awareness and source of AIDS-related prevention knowledge among medical university students of Guizhou province, China

Zhou

Yang

Wang

et al. 2019

JER

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Objectives: To clarify the awareness and source of AIDS knowledge among college students of medical university of Guizhou province, China, so as to provide some basic evidences for implementing education of AIDS control and prevention. Methods: A stratified cluster sampling survey was conducted. Self-designed questionnaires were used to investigate university students, Epidata 3.0 and SPSS 18.0 were used to analyze data. Results: The awareness rate of AIDS through blood transmission and mother-to-child transmission was over 90%, the awareness rate of sexual transmission was just about 80%, and the awareness rate of non-transmission route "mosquito bites will not spread AIDS" was only 53.3%. The awareness rate of AIDS transmission and treatment among medical students was higher than that of non-medical students. The Internet, propaganda materials, newspapers and magazines, and school classes were the main ways for university students to acquire AIDS knowledge. Some students hope to acquire knowledge from classmates and friends, it was found that the proportion of medical students receiving AIDS knowledge from school classes was significantly higher than that of non-medical students (80.8% vs. 73.1%, p = .007). Conclusion: Though the awareness rate of AIDS knowledge among medical students is better than that of non-medical students, they had insufficient knowledge of AIDS, especially the sexual transmission. Moreover, school classes may be an effective way to propagandize AIDS-related knowledge, so schools can consider publicizing the AIDS education through classes, so as to improve students' abilities of AIDS control and prevention.

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Knowledge of and attitudes toward HIV/AIDS among Iranian women

Cited by 29 publications

References 18 publications

Knowledge gaps of STIs in Africa; Systematic review

Knowledge gaps of STIs in Africa; Systematic review

HIV/AIDS-Related Knowledge and Behavior Among High School Students in A Less-Developed High-Risk Region: A Cross-Sectional Study

Awareness and source of AIDS-related prevention knowledge among medical university students of Guizhou province, China

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