Knowledge of HIV/AIDS Prevention and Factors Associated with Condom Use Among Adolescents in Northeast Brazil

Marinho, Tania Moisa da Silva; Souza, Ariani Impieri de; Ferreira, Ana Laura Carneiro Gomes; Fernandes, Elizabeth Cordeiro; Cabral-Filho, José Eulálio

doi:10.1093/tropej/fmr074

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“…Older adolescents were more likely to be aware of HIV and to be tested for HIV. This finding is in line with a study conducted in Brazil where younger adolescents were less knowledgeable about HIV than older ones . For adolescents, the probability of knowledge about HIV increases with age, which may related to more opportunities for testing for middle‐ and later‐aged adolescents.…”

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confidence: 90%

“…This community‐based cross‐sectional study was conducted in the Kersa (rural) and Harar (urban) Health Demographic Surveillance System (HDSS) sites in eastern Ethiopia from 1 February 2016 to 30 March 2016. The Kersa HDSS is comprised of 12 kebeles (sub‐districts; the smallest administrative units) and has been under surveillance since its establishment in 2007 . The Harar HDSS is comprised of six kebeles and has been under surveillance since its establishment in 2011.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Although risk awareness is important for HIV protection, this alone is insufficient to adequately address HIV/AIDS challenges . A positive attitude towards knowledge about HIV could be associated with other factors such as education status, social strata and gender, which could assist in planning and improving sexual and reproductive public health policies .…”

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confidence: 99%

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HIV/AIDS awareness and testing practices among adolescents in eastern Ethiopia

Tesfaye

Dessie

Berhane

et al. 2019

Tropical Med Int Health

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objective To examine HIV/AIDS awareness, HIV testing practices and associated factors among adolescents in two eastern Ethiopian communities.methods Community-based, cross-sectional study among 2010 adolescents aged 10-19 years.Participants were asked about their awareness of HIV/AIDS and HIV testing practices, and whether they had ever been tested for HIV. Regression models were applied to identify the factors of statistical significance at P-value < 0.05.results Of 90% were aware of HIV/AIDS, but only a quarter had ever been tested for HIV. Rural adolescents were less aware of HIV than urban adolescents (AOR = 0.16; 95% CI: 0.05, 0.58), and in-school adolescents had more knowledge about HIV/AIDS than that out-of-school adolescents (AOR = 2.79; 95% CI: 1.88, 4.15). Factors associated with lower uptake of HIV testing were male sex (AOR = 0.74; 95% CI; 0.58, 0.91) and being from a rural area (AOR = 0.16; 95% CI: 0.07, 0.36). Factors associated with higher uptake of HIV testing were being in school (AOR = 1.66; 95% CI: 1.16, 2.38), using the Internet (AOR = 1.52; 95% CI: 1.01, 2.28), and ever visiting a health facility (AOR = 1.54; 95% CI: 1.21, 1.96).

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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HIV/AIDS awareness and testing practices among adolescents in eastern Ethiopia

Tesfaye

Dessie

Berhane

et al. 2019

Tropical Med Int Health

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“…This result is inconsistent with a number of studies. An analysis of Demographic health survey of Uganda reported older girls to likely have good knowledge of HIV (Twinomugisha Fred, 2019).Moreover a study conducted in North East Brazil also reported younger adolescents to be having less knowledge of HIV than older adolescents (da Marinho et al, 2012).…”

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Sexual and Reproductive Health Knowledge and Associated Factors Among Day School Going Girls in Homa Bay County, Kenya

Isaac Ogweno Owaka,

DR . OTIENO GEORGE OCHIEN’G,

PROF. KERAKA MARGARET NYANCHOKA

2020

Kabarak j. res. innov.

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BACKGROUND: Their sexual and reproductive health decision making is greatly influenced by their knowledge. This study, therefore, aimed to determine sexual and reproductive health knowledge among secondary school-going girls in Homabay County, Kenya. METHODS: This was a cross-sectional analytical study design that used quantitative approaches to determine factors associated with sexual and reproductive health knowledge among day school-going girls. A sample size of 491 participants were proportionately distributed in the selected 28 school. Data was entered, cleaned, and managed in the SPSS software version 17. Descriptive analysis was conducted to determine the level of sexual and reproductive health knowledge while logistic regression was used to determine factors associated with sexual and reproductive health knowledge. RESULTS: The study reported 39.4%, 40.4% and 82.9% of participants to be having good overall knowledge of risky sexual behavior, pregnancy related issues and HIV/AIDS transmission and prevention. From the participants 207(42.1%),203(41.3%),230 (46.7%),188(38.2%),173(35.2%) correctly identified risky sexual behavior as sexual intercourse without a condom, starting sexual activities before age 14, multiple sexual partners, more frequent sexual activities and having sex under influence of alcohols respectively. On pregnancy, 303(61.6%),416(84.6 %),315(64.0%) of the participants correctly answered that a girl has the greatest chance of becoming pregnant in the middle of her menstrual cycle, Abstinence is the safest method to prevent pregnancy and Adolescent pregnancy is a risk for maternal complication respectively. Participant with catholic religion background were less likely to have good sexual and reproductive health knowledge (OR 0.18, CI 0.318-0.84, P 0.0080). CONCLUSION AND IMPLICATIONS FOR TRANSLATION: This study concludes that most girls have good knowledge on HIV but poor knowledge of risky sexual behavior and pregnancy-related issues and also identify role of religion in improving sexual and reproductive health knowledge. The study, therefore, recommends upscaling of school-based sexual and reproductive health education.

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Knowledge of HIV/AIDS Prevention and Factors Associated with Condom Use Among Adolescents in Northeast Brazil

Abstract: The knowledge regarding HIV/AIDS prevention was satisfactory. However, this does not imply that adolescents put such knowledge to use.

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HIV/AIDS awareness and testing practices among adolescents in eastern Ethiopia

HIV/AIDS awareness and testing practices among adolescents in eastern Ethiopia

Sexual and Reproductive Health Knowledge and Associated Factors Among Day School Going Girls in Homa Bay County, Kenya

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