The HIV/AIDS pandemic in Kenya: an investigation into the perceptions of Kenyans toward people living with HIV/AIDS and government programmes

Nyaga, Robert Kivuti

doi:10.2989/16085906.2020.1758172

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“…Mugoya and Ernst (2014) used the same dataset as this study and found more stigmatising attitudes among women than men. A more recent study in Kenya (Nyaga, 2020) shows negative attitudes toward PLHA are partly based on misunderstandings about how the disease is contracted. Therefore, media messages about HIV in Kenya must be factual and informative.…”

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Effect of Mass Media Exposure on HIV/AIDS Stigma Among Kenyan Women and Men

Onsomu

Moore

Kimani³

et al. 2023

East Afr. j. health sci.

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In Kenya, stigma directly or indirectly continues to play a major role in spreading HIV/AIDS. Negative attitudes, perceptions, and discrimination toward people who are HIV positive or have AIDS can adversely affect their willingness to be tested and adhere to antiretroviral therapy. This study examined the effect of mass media exposure on HIV/AIDS stigma among men and women in Kenya. It uses retrospective cross-sectional data from the Kenya Demographic and Health Survey (KDHS) 2008/09, adjusting for weights and strata to account for its complex design. The study sample comprised women aged 15-49 (n = 3,811) and men aged 15-54 (n = 3,095) who agreed to voluntary counselling and testing for HIV. Among them, 8.34% of the women and 4.98% of the men tested positive for HIV. Women who consumed all forms of media (newspapers, magazines, radio, and television) represented 23.05% of the sample, while those who consumed none comprised 6.89% (F[2.77, 1053.35] = 24.3; p < 0.001); the results for men were 22.06% vs 1.31% (F[2.89, 1098.72]) = 17.84; p < 0.001). Women and men who consumed all media almost every day were 11% (AOR = 0.89; p < 0.05) and 25% (AOR = 0.75; p < 0.01), respectively, less likely to impute HIV/AIDS stigma than those who never consumed all forms of media. Those who consumed all media forms less than once a week were 48% (AOR = 0.52; p < 0.05), and those who consumed them almost every day were 21% (AOR = 0.79), p < 0.001) less likely to impute an HIV/AIDS stigma compared to those who never consumed any media sources. All media consumption, particularly reading newspapers/magazines, reduced HIV/AIDS stigma. The study concluded that all forms of media should build on and scale up such efforts to reduce the HIV/AIDS stigma that impedes Kenyans from protecting their health.

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Effect of Mass Media Exposure on HIV/AIDS Stigma Among Kenyan Women and Men

Onsomu

Moore

Kimani³

et al. 2023

East Afr. j. health sci.

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“…This is per the belief that stigmatization can lead to delays, failures in seeking treatment and delays in detecting those with high risk [29,30]. This can significantly contribute to the constant progression of the virus in the community, affect healthcare coverage in general and prevent the pandemic from being curtailed [31,32]. Another exposition, which aligns with the result of Bhanot et al, disclosed that stigma and discrimination towards people affected or engaging in high-risk behaviors that lead to infection play an insidious role in the spread of HIV/AIDS [33].…”

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“…Stigmatization may delay or hinder treatment among high-risk individuals living with HIV/AIDS [29,30]. This may contribute to the disease's continued spread within the community, influence healthcare services, and undermine efforts to end the pandemic or curtail its spread [31,32]. According to [33], stigma and discrimination towards persons infected or participating in high-risk behaviors that lead to infection play a pernicious role in spreading HIV/AIDS.…”

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Socioeconomic factors and the evaluation of HIV/AIDS prevention programs: A psychometric analysis of an instrument

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Introduction:Research has documented the prevalence of different HIV/AIDS prevention programs launched to reduce the spread of the virus. However, the extent to which the success or otherwise of these programs are achieved is rarely discussed. This study addresses this gap by analyzing the impact of three socioeconomic parameters on the evaluation of HIV/AIDS prevention programs in the Southern Senatorial District of Cross River State, Nigeria.Methods: A sample of 239 health care employees selected using the proportional stratified random sampling technique participated in the study. A priori power analysis (using G*power) indicated that the sample size was large enough to achieve a 96.7% statistical power. Data was collected using a structured questionnaire. Exploratory factor analysis assessed the dimensionality of the instrument. Acceptable construct and discriminant validity and composite reliability coefficients were obtained. At the .05 alpha level, the null hypotheses were tested using a one-way analysis of variance.Findings: Findings indicated that the evaluation of HIV/AIDS prevention programs significantly varied with the level of funding provided (F[2, 236]=81.11, p<.001), human capacity available (F[2, 236]=40.91, p<.001), and stigmatization to people living with AIDS (F[2, 236]=40.79, p<.001). Health facilities with higher funding and human capacity successfully evaluated HIV/AIDS prevention programs. However, the evaluation of HIV/AIDS prevention programs was lower in areas with a high level of stigmatization. Conclusion and implication:This study's findings provided evidence that funding, human capacity, and stigmatization affect how HIV/AIDS pandemic can be effectively evaluated. This study implies that additional responsibility is required for public health workers to promote quality service delivery across different health facilities.

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“…Men who have sex with their fellow men (MSM) are at high risk of developing AIDS [1]. Clinical studies have found that in recent years, the incidence of AIDS in high-risk male groups in China has slowly been showing an increasing trend and the proportion of newly diagnosed patients among high risk groups is also increasing every year [2,3]. In addition, men who have sex with their fellow men and are around 20 to 25 years of age, have relatively weak health awareness but have high sexual activities hence, leading to a greater risk of developing AIDS and other diseases due to compromised body immunity [4,5].…”

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Influencing factors and knowledge related to AIDS among high-risk male population in Chongqing

2023

Journal of Men's Health

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This study aims to investigate the influencing factors and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) related knowledge among high-risk male population in Chongqing. A total of 388 men who had sex with their fellow men (MSM) and volunteered for counseling or human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) testing in Chongqing were divided into two groups identified as: aware group (n = 299) and unaware group (n = 89). According to the study subjects, the MSM sentinel surveillance questionnaire of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention was utilized to investigate their AIDS awareness demographic and behavioral characteristics. Univariate analysis was also applied to analyze the influencing factors of their AIDS knowledge. Binary multivariate logistic analysis was further used to screen the independent risk factors of AIDS inadequate knowledge, leading to the use of regression analysis model. Furthermore, hosmer and lemeshow were employed to test the goodness and fitness of the regression analysis model. Finally, SPSS was used to draw receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves to evaluate the predictive value of the regression analysis model. Among 388 respondents, 299 participants were aware while 89 participants were unaware of AIDS-related knowledge with an overall awareness rate of 77.06%; univariate and multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that education (high school and below) and household registration (other places) were risk factors for AIDS-related knowledge in high-risk male groups in Chongqing. In addition, a probability model predicted high incidence of AIDS in high-risk male groups in Chongqing because of inadequate AIDS knowledge: P = 1/[1 + exp (1.429 − 1.169X2 − 0.969X3)]. The overall level of awareness of AIDS-related knowledge among high-risk male groups in Chongqing was not high because of low education levels (high school or below) and foreign household registration.

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The HIV/AIDS pandemic in Kenya: an investigation into the perceptions of Kenyans toward people living with HIV/AIDS and government programmes

Cited by 4 publications

References 18 publications

Effect of Mass Media Exposure on HIV/AIDS Stigma Among Kenyan Women and Men

Effect of Mass Media Exposure on HIV/AIDS Stigma Among Kenyan Women and Men

Socioeconomic factors and the evaluation of HIV/AIDS prevention programs: A psychometric analysis of an instrument

Influencing factors and knowledge related to AIDS among high-risk male population in Chongqing

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