Determinants of comprehensive knowledge of HIV/AIDS among women of the reproductive age (15-49) in Uganda

Ankunda, Diana; Asiimwe, John Bosco

doi:10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20174215

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“…The study also revealed that AGYW from rich households, those who were working as well as those who were listening to radio at least once a week had high overall HIV/AIDS knowledge compared to their counterparts. These results are consistent with previous research conducted in Sub-Saharan African Countries, where most of the participants who had good knowledge about HIV/AIDS were working, listening to radio frequently and were from rich households [12,23]. A possible explanation for these ndings is that AGYW from rich households and those employed can easily afford and access information from media and other socio platforms compared to their counterparts.…”

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confidence: 91%

“…The present study also found that young women aged 20-24 years were more likely to have high overall knowledge about HIV/AIDS compared to adolescent girls aged 15-19 years. This con rms ndings of studies elsewhere [22,23]. The possible reason why adolescent girls have low overall knowledge about HIV/AIDS is limited access to health-related information.…”

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confidence: 77%

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Determinants of Overall HIV/AIDS Knowledge Among Adolescent Girls and Young Women Aged 15–24 Years in Malawi

Mandiwa¹,

Namondwe²,

Munthali³

2020

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Abstract Background HIV epidemic remains a major public health issue in Malawi especially among adolescent girls and young women. Having accurate knowledge about HIV/AIDS is a key component of preventing the spread of HIV among adolescent girls and young women. Therefore, the aim of this study was to identify the determinants of overall HIV/AIDS knowledge among adolescent girls and young women in Malawi.Methods The study was based on cross-sectional data from the 2015-2016 Malawi Demographic and Health Survey. It involved 10132 adolescent girls and young women aged 15-24 years who reported to have ever heard of HIV/AIDS. The outcome variable was overall HIV/AIDS knowledge. Data were analysed by using descriptive statistics, cross-tabulation and multivariable logistic regression models. All the analyses were performed using complex sample analysis procedure of the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS version 22) to account for complex survey design.Results Of the total 10132 participants included in the study, 82.2% (n=8326) had high overall knowledge of HIV/AIDS. Around 25% of the participants did not know that using condoms consistently can reduce the risk of HIV and 23% of the participants believed that mosquitoes could transmit HIV. Several factors were significantly associated with women’s overall HIV/AIDS knowledge. Women who were aged 20–24 years (AOR=1.16; 95% CI=1.04–1.29), women from rich households (AOR = 1.22; 95% CI = 1.08–1.39),women who were working (AOR=1.29; 95% CI=1.16–1.44),women who were listening to radio at least once a week (AOR = 1.19; 95% CI = 1.05–1.35) and women who had secondary or higher education (AOR = 3.43; 95% CI = 2.67–4.42) were more likely to have high overall knowledge about HIV/AIDS compared to their counterparts.Conclusions The findings of this study suggest that some adolescent girls and young women in Malawi are lacking comprehensive HIV/AIDS knowledge. Lack of knowledge about HIV transmission and prevention methods among young women might pose a challenge to efforts to stop the spread of the HIV epidemic. To reduce the incidence of HIV, it is essential to design effective interventions that can increase HIV/AIDS knowledge among adolescent girls and young women in Malawi.

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confidence: 91%

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 77%

Determinants of Overall HIV/AIDS Knowledge Among Adolescent Girls and Young Women Aged 15–24 Years in Malawi

Mandiwa¹,

Namondwe²,

Munthali³

2020

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“…Despite mass media plays a significant role in reducing the incidence of HIV/AIDS through raising comprehensive knowledge towards HIV/AIDS, most of the reproductive-age women in developing countries including Ethiopia have poor comprehensive knowledge of HIV/AIDS. For example, in Sub-Saharan Africa Uganda, only 38% of reproductive-age women had a comprehensive knowledge of HIV/AIDS [14]. Besides, in Ethiopia especially in Afar, Gambella, Dire Dawa, and Somali regions were detected poor knowledge of HIV/AIDS among reproductive-age women [15].…”

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confidence: 99%

Effect of mass media on comprehensive knowledge of HIV/AIDS and its spatial distribution among reproductive-age women in Ethiopia: a spatial and multilevel analysis

Agegnehu

Tesema

2020

BMC Public Health

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Background Globally, HIV/AIDS remains a significant public health issue particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa. Media exposure plays a significant role in raising community knowledge about HIV. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the effect of media on comprehensive knowledge of HIV and its spatial distribution among reproductive-age women in Ethiopia. Methods A secondary data analysis was done based on the 2016 Ethiopian Demographic and Health Surveys (EDHS). A total weighted sample of 15,683 reproductive-age women was included for analysis. For the spatial analysis, ArcGIS version 10.3 and SaTScan version 9.6 software were employed to explore the spatial distribution of comprehensive knowledge of HIV/AIDS and for identifying significant hotspot areas. For associated factors, the mixed-effect logistic regression model was fitted. Deviance and ICC were used for model comparison. In the multivariable analysis, Adjusted Odds Ratio (AOR) with 95% Confidence Interval (CI) was reported to declare significantly associated factors of comprehensive knowledge of HIV/AIDS. Results The spatial analysis revealed that the spatial distribution of comprehensive knowledge of HIV/AIDS among reproductive-age women was significantly varied across the country. The SaTScan analysis identified significant clusters in the entire Somali region, the eastern part of Dire Dawa and Harari regions. Being rural (AOR = 1.52,95% CI:1.21–1.91), maternal age 25–34 years (AOR = 1.26,95% CI:1.14–1.40), aged ≥35 years (AOR = 1.20,95%CI:1.07–1.35), being Muslim (AOR = 0.68,95% CI:0.60–0.78), being protestant (AOR = 0.83,95% CI:0.71–0.96), poorer wealth (AOR = 1.26,95%CI:1.06–1.51), middle wealth (AOR = 1.34,95%CI:1.11–1.60), richer wealth (AOR = 1.36,95% CI:1.12–1.63), richest wealth (AOR = 1.72,95% CI:1.37–2.15), reading newspaper (AOR = 1.20,95%CI: 1.06–1.37), listening radio (AOR = 1.24,95% CI:1.10, 1.41), covered by health insurance (AOR = 1.23,95%CI:1.01–1.51), having primary education (AOR = 1.77,95% CI:1.57–1.99), having secondary education (AOR = 2.45,95%CI:2.10–2.86) and having higher education (AOR = 3.04,95%CI:2.52–3.65) were significantly associated with comprehensive knowledge of HIV/AIDS. Conclusion Spatial distribution of comprehensive knowledge of HIV/AIDS among reproductive-age women was significantly varied across the country with significant hotspot areas with poor comprehensive knowledge of HIV/AIDS identified in the Somali region, the eastern part of Dire Dawa and Harari Regions. media exposure was a significant predictor of comprehensive knowledge of HIV/AIDS among reproductive-age women in Ethiopia. Therefore, the government should scale up public health programs in the hot spot areas and provide health information using different media.

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“…In Uganda, research found that the level of comprehensive HIV knowledge is lower (38%) among women aged 15-49. Age, wealth, place of residence, access to information and having tested for HIV were stronger determinants of comprehensive HIV knowledge [15]. Using Demographic and Health surveys for 2003-2013, research showed that comprehensive HIV knowledge increased significantly within the three period of surveys despite the lag behind the expected target among the young people in Nigeria.…”

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confidence: 96%

Logistic Regression on Effects of Relationship Between Condom Use on Comprehensive HIV Knowledge Among the Youths in Kenya

Terer¹,

Langat²,

Otieno³

2019

BSI

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HIV/AIDS knowledge in Kenya is universal in that 99% of both male and female have heard of the epidemic and how it can be avoided. Despite the widespread knowledge of HIV/AIDS, comprehensive HIV knowledge which refers to one being able to correctly identify the modes of HIV transmission and reject the most common misconception about HIV transmission among the youths, is just above average, 65% for males and 54% for females. There seems to be lack of information on the effects of the determinants of comprehensive HIV knowledge among the youths. This study, using KDHS 2014 data, investigates the effect of the relationship between condoms use and comprehensive HIV knowledge among the youths in Kenya. A logistic regression model is used to explore the effects of relationship between condoms usage and comprehensive HIV knowledge among the youths. Comprehensive HIV knowledge among the youths aged 15-19 was 12.9% while those aged 20-24 was 87.1% and on average 55.5%. Significant association was found between consistent use of condoms during the first sexual intercourse and comprehensive HIV knowledge with a p-value < 0.001. 78.8% of the youths consistently use condoms during their first sexual intercourse. Interestingly, results showed that condoms use have no effect on comprehensive HIV knowledge which means there are other factors that influence comprehensive HIV knowledge that seems to suppress the effect of condoms use. Nevertheless, much intervention among the youths aged 15-19 should be considered to increase the level of comprehensive HIV knowledge. Further research need to be conducted to determine the effect of the relationships between other correlates of comprehensive HIV knowledge among the youths in Kenya.

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Determinants of comprehensive knowledge of HIV/AIDS among women of the reproductive age (15-49) in Uganda

Cited by 27 publications

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Determinants of Overall HIV/AIDS Knowledge Among Adolescent Girls and Young Women Aged 15–24 Years in Malawi

Determinants of Overall HIV/AIDS Knowledge Among Adolescent Girls and Young Women Aged 15–24 Years in Malawi

Effect of mass media on comprehensive knowledge of HIV/AIDS and its spatial distribution among reproductive-age women in Ethiopia: a spatial and multilevel analysis

Logistic Regression on Effects of Relationship Between Condom Use on Comprehensive HIV Knowledge Among the Youths in Kenya

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