Break the Silence: HIV/AIDS Knowledge, Attitudes, and Educational Needs among Arab University Students in United Arab Emirates

Gańczak, Maria; Barss, Peter; Alfaresi, Fatima; Almazrouei, Shamma; Muraddad, Amal; Al-Maskari, Fatma

doi:10.1016/j.jadohealth.2007.01.011

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“…The high level of knowledge among students in these countries could be linked to being in regular contact with intense information campaigns in schools targeting teenagers and students to increase their knowledge and prevention of HIV. 11,15,19 It is a concern to learn that more than 80% of the participants in this study reported contracting a sexually transmitted disease (STD) in the past, and this pattern was similar in all three cities studied. The present study did not investigate the prevalence of STIs including HIV/AIDS among street children generally in Cameroon, as no laboratory diagnosis was considered during this study.…”

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HIV/AIDS amongst street children in Cameroon: their relative knowledge, attitudes and sexual experience

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Tsoka-Gwegweni

Jackson

et al. 2017

Int J Community Med Public Health

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Background: Street children are victims of society and are up to 10 - 25 times more vulnerable and affected by HIV/AIDS than their counterparts who live with their families. Objective of study: To examine the HIV/AIDS-related knowledge, attitudes and sexual experience amongst street children in Cameroon.Methods: This study was an analytical cross-sectional survey conducted during the year 2015 through the administration of questionnaires to 399 street children that had been homeless for at least a month.Results: Out of the 399 participants interviewed, more than 90% of them reported to have heard about HIV/AIDS. Though only 14% of the participants knew about the importance of HIV screening, an even smaller proportion of about 6.02% of them reported having been HIV screened before. Most of them stated that HIV could be transmitted through kissing, mosquito bites, eating utensils and through a hand-shake as well as believed that screening and use of Voluntary Confidentiality Counseling and Testing (VCCT) could help prevent its transmission. Many of them also thought of HIV/AIDS as a punishment from God for sins or as witchcraft; and that the disease could be cured through believing in God or even by a traditional practitioner.Conclusions: The level of HIV/AIDS knowledge among street children in the study setting is sub-optimal. Their negative attitudes and incorrect beliefs about the disease could make them even more vulnerable to HIV infection. The use of peer educators would be an effective strategy to implement among this hard to reach population

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HIV/AIDS amongst street children in Cameroon: their relative knowledge, attitudes and sexual experience

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Tsoka-Gwegweni

Jackson

et al. 2017

Int J Community Med Public Health

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“…Attitudes supporting disclosure were associated with negative attitude scores to PLHIV. As found by others, young females had a lower tendency to disclose, possibly due to a more compassionate feminine model of behavior [24,29].…”

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Attitudes towards premarital HIV testing among high-school students in the United Arab Emirates, and evaluation of an educational intervention

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Barss²,

Grivna³

et al. 2017

HIV & AIDS Review

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“…Stigma and fear of disclosure are particularly important among females living in a conservative society. Previous studies from other Arab countries have reported a high prevalence of stigma against HIV-positive patients and poor knowledge about the disease, especially among females (51)(52)(53).…”

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Clinical profile and factors associated with mortality in hospitalized patients with HIV/AIDS: a retrospective analysis from Tripoli Medical Centre, Libya, 2013

Shalaka

Garred

Zeglam

et al. 2015

Easter Mediterr Health J

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In Libya, little is known about HIV-related hospitalizations and in-hospital mortality. This was a retrospective analysis of HIV-related hospitalizations at Tripoli Medical Centre in 2013. Of 227 cases analysed, 82.4% were males who were significantly older (40.0 versus 36.5 years), reported injection drug use (58.3% versus 0%) and were hepatitis C virus co-infected (65.8% versus 0%) compared with females. Severe immunosuppression was prevalent (median CD4 count = 42 cell/µL). Candidiasis was the most common diagnosis (26.0%); Pneumocystis pneumonia was the most common respiratory disease (8.8%), while cerebral toxoplasmosis was diagnosed in 8.4% of patients. Current HAART use was independently associated with low risk of in-hospital mortality (OR 0.33), while central nervous system symptoms (OR 4.12), sepsis (OR 6.98) and low total lymphocyte counts (OR 3.60) were associated with increased risk. In this study, late presentation with severe immunosuppression was common, and was associated with significant in-hospital mortality. . Le diagnostic le plus fréquent était la candidose (26,0 %) ; la pneumonie à Pneumocystis était la maladie respiratoire la plus fréquente (8,8 %), tandis que la toxoplasmose cérébrale était diagnostiquée chez 8,4 % des patients). Un traitement antirétroviral hautement actif en cours était indépendamment associé à un faible risque de mortalité en milieu hospitalier (OR 0,33), tandis que les symptômes du système nerveux central (OR 4,12), la septicémie (OR 6,98) et les faibles numérations lymphocytaires totales (OR 3,60) étaient associés à un risque accru. Dans cette étude, une présentation tardive accompagnée d'une immunosuppression sévère était fréquente, et était associée à une mortalité élevée en milieu hospitalier.

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Break the Silence: HIV/AIDS Knowledge, Attitudes, and Educational Needs among Arab University Students in United Arab Emirates

Cited by 76 publications

References 19 publications

HIV/AIDS amongst street children in Cameroon: their relative knowledge, attitudes and sexual experience

HIV/AIDS amongst street children in Cameroon: their relative knowledge, attitudes and sexual experience

Attitudes towards premarital HIV testing among high-school students in the United Arab Emirates, and evaluation of an educational intervention

Clinical profile and factors associated with mortality in hospitalized patients with HIV/AIDS: a retrospective analysis from Tripoli Medical Centre, Libya, 2013

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