A Comparison of Comprehensive HIV/AIDS Knowledge Among Women Across Seven Post-Soviet Countries

Zainiddinov, Hakim; Habibov, Nazim

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“…Although initial attempts were made to explore discriminatory attitudes of a wide range of professionals, including medical personnel, law-enforcement men, service sector workers, teachers, local officials, mass media employees, lawyers, judges, and religious leaders,2 studies that examine women’s attitudes towards PLWHA in Tajikistan are nearly absent. Most of the previously published studies on HIV/AIDS in Tajikistan focused on high risk of HIV infection among injection drug users and labor migrants3 or assessed comprehensive HIV/AIDS knowledge among women 3,4. Consequently, a limited number of qualitative research looked at the discrimination against HIV-positive injection drug users by health care providers5, as well as labor migrants’ wives’ knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors about HIV/AIDS risk and protection 6.…”

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Trends and Determinants of Attitudes Towards People Living with HIV/AIDS Among Women of Reproductive Age in Tajikistan

Zainiddinov

2019

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Introduction: Despite having one of lowest rates of newly diagnosed HIV infections among former Soviet countries, Tajikistan has a substantial level of discriminatory attitudes towards people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA). While initial attempts were made to explore discriminatory attitudes of a wide range of professionals, women’s general attitudes towards PLWHA received less scholarly attention. Employing a nationally representative sample from the 2000 and 2005 Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS), sociodemographic determinants of HIV-related discriminatory attitudes of women aged 15-49 in Tajikistan were identified and examined over time.Methods: A representative sample included 5,453 women of reproductive age from the capital city and four regions of Tajikistan. Two dichotomized scenarios representing the agreement to let an HIV-infected teacher continue teaching in school and the willingness to buy food from an HIV-infected cashier were constructed. Univariate and multivariable analyses of HIV-related discriminatory attitudes were obtained using Stata 14.Results: Insignificant but positive changes were observed in the women’s attitudes between 2000 and 2005. Logistic regression models showed that negative attitudes were associated with the lack of knowledge of HIV/AIDS prevention methods, endorsement of HIV/AIDS transmission misconceptions, and never having been tested for HIV (p≤0.001). Women living in the rural areas, married, with lower education, and from low income households were less tolerant towards PLWHA.Conclusions: The data from Tajikistan underscore the persistence of HIV-related discriminatory attitudes among low socioeconomic status women. The study findings can be potentially used to target the disadvantaged groups and guide the design and implementation of programs that promote voluntary HIV-testing, raise awareness about HIV/AIDS prevention methods, and help dispel transmission misconceptions.

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Trends and Determinants of Attitudes Towards People Living with HIV/AIDS Among Women of Reproductive Age in Tajikistan

Zainiddinov

2019

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“…Aquellas mujeres con niveles inadecuados de conocimiento en esta última encuesta ENDES 2019, mayormente provienen de una zona urbana, con nivel secundario; con edades distintas a los 25 a 29 años y de 45 a 49 años y con un índice de riqueza desde el más pobre hasta el medio. Es necesario precisar que el índice de riqueza es una variable sociodemográfica asociada a los niveles de conocimiento tal cual lo demostró Zainiddinov, et al y lo reafirmamos con esta investigación (12) . Cabe destacar que estos hallazgos en cierta medida están lejos de lo que realmente se debería considerar como conocimiento optimo por parte de las mujeres quienes pertenecen a una población más vulnerable a esta enfermedad es por ello que el tener conocimientos adecuados es una forma de prevenir y protegerse de esta infección, toda vez que es imprescindible para obtener una actitud y práctica adecuada en su vida sexual (13)(14)(15) .…”

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Características sociodemográficas asociadas a nivel de conocimiento actitudes y prácticas de las mujeres peruanas sobre VIH/SIDA-análisis de encuesta demográfica y de salud familiar 2019

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Objetivo. Describir las características sociodemográficas asociadas a nivel de conocimientos actitudes y prácticas de las mujeres peruanas sobre VIH/sida. Material y métodos. El estudio cuantitativo, observacional, descriptivo y retrospectivo de fuente secundaria basado en los datos públicos de ENDES 2019. Se descargó el cuestionario y diccionario individual del sitio web público del INEI que describe las mujeres en edad fértil (MEF). La población se constituyó por mujeres en edad de 15 a 49 años que formaron parte de la ENDES en el año 2019, se seleccionaron mujeres comprendidas en las regiones Amazonas, Cajamarca y Lambayeque. Por medio de la prueba Chi cuadrado se estableció la asociación entre las variables involucradas en esta investigación. Resultados. Se encontró asociación entre las características sociodemográficas y el nivel de conocimientos, actitudes y prácticas de las mujeres peruanas sobre el VIH/sida. El índice de riqueza estuvo asociado con el nivel de conocimientos (p= 0,042); la región de procedencia (p= 0,007), el tipo de residencia (p= 0,008) y la edad (p= 0,019) se asociaron con en el nivel de las actitudes. Asimismo, la región de procedencia (p= 0,001), el nivel educativo (p= 0,044) y la edad (p= 0,046) se asociaron con el nivel de las prácticas sobre VIH/sida. Conclusión. Existe asociación entre las variables sociodemográficas evaluadas y el nivel de conocimientos, actitudes y prácticas de las mujeres peruanas sobre el VIH/SIDA.

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“…Several factors influence knowledge related to HIV; for example, socio-demographic characteristics, such as age, education, and religion, are closely related to mothers' comprehensive awareness of HIV [45]. Higher income and education lead to extensive HIV experience compared to a poor means of livelihood [46].…”

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The Prevention of Mother-to-Child HIV/AIDS Transmission at Public Health Centers: A Phenomenology Study

Astuti¹,

Hakimi²,

Prabandari³

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Objective: Mothers with HIV are likely to transmit the virus to their babies during pregnancy, delivery, or through breastfeeding. According to studies, the risk of mother-to-child HIV transmission among mothers that do not receive any form of treatment during pregnancy is approximately 15-45%. In Indonesia, the lack of a prevention program for HIV led to the provision of antiretroviral therapy (ART) for the prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT). The policies, financial facilities, the healthcare system, and human resources, including health workers, are factors that influence the PMTCT. This research discusses the perceptions of several doctors and midwives regarding the prevention of mother-to-child transmission at public health centers. Furthermore, information regarding policies and implementation of the PMTCT program at public health centers in Yogyakarta was qualitatively collected through semi-structured interviews. Methods: This research involved 6 participants, comprising of 3 heads of public health centers and 3 midwives as the HIV/AIDS program managers. A total of 5 themes were selected for the interview, namely policies of mandatory HIV testing for pregnant mothers, inadequate knowledge of the virus, need for PMTCT training, infrastructure and facilities, and HIV retesting. Results: Pregnant mothers are at potential risk of exposing health workers to HIV. They are also prone to contracting the virus due to poor educational background and less exposure to health information. Therefore, midwives need Prongs 3 and 4 to avoid contracting the virus while assisting pregnant mothers. Presently, there is a shortage of health promotion media for PMTCT, which include both electronic and print educational media. Therefore, the implementation of HIV testing in Indonesia is mandatory for pregnant mothers at their first antenatal care (ANC). However, despite the importance of conducting this test before labor, there is no regulation to ensure its implementation. Conclusion: The success of HIV mitigation is closely associated with the participation of academicians, policymakers, and community networks in providing collaborative planning strategies for the reduction of its spread, and evaluation of the mitigation result.

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A Comparison of Comprehensive HIV/AIDS Knowledge Among Women Across Seven Post-Soviet Countries

Cited by 8 publications

References 13 publications

Trends and Determinants of Attitudes Towards People Living with HIV/AIDS Among Women of Reproductive Age in Tajikistan

Trends and Determinants of Attitudes Towards People Living with HIV/AIDS Among Women of Reproductive Age in Tajikistan

Características sociodemográficas asociadas a nivel de conocimiento actitudes y prácticas de las mujeres peruanas sobre VIH/SIDA-análisis de encuesta demográfica y de salud familiar 2019

The Prevention of Mother-to-Child HIV/AIDS Transmission at Public Health Centers: A Phenomenology Study

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