Influence of Educational Status and Other Variables on Human Immunodeficiency Virus Risk Perception among Military Personnel: A Large Cohort Finding

Autor:	Michael W. Ross, Laurens Holmes, Angela Meshack, E. James Essien, Doriel Ward, Gbadebo O. Ogungbade, Ernest Ekong
Rok vydání:	2007
Předmět:	Gerontology genetic structures business.industry Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health General Medicine Odds ratio Logistic regression Confidence interval Educational attainment Risk perception Medicine Health education business Prospective cohort study Risk assessment Demography
Zdroj:	Military Medicine. 172:1177-1181
ISSN:	1930-613X 0026-4075
DOI:	10.7205/milmed.172.11.1177
Popis:	Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) risk perception remains an effective determinant of HIV transmission. Although higher educational attainment has been associated with increased HIV risk perception, this predictor remains to be assessed among Nigerian military personnel (NMP). In a prospective cohort of 2,213 NMP, the effects of education and other factors on HIV risk perception were assessed at baseline by using the χ2 statistic and unconditional logistic regression. There was an inverse correlation between higher educational attainment and HIV risk perception in the univariate model (prevalence odds ratio, 0.64; 95% confidence interval, 0.52–0.79). This association persisted after adjustment for relevant covariates in the multivariate model (prevalence odds ratio, 0.70; 95% confidence interval, 0.56–0.88). Similarly, there was a direct correlation between use of alcohol and marijuana and HIV risk perception (p < 0.05). In contrast, casual sex and gender were not statistically significantly ass...
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