Knowledge Gaps of STIs in Africa; Systematic review
| Autor: | Widad M. Osman, Elfatih A. Hasabo, Zeinab H. Osman, Marwan Mustafa Badawi, Alaa B. Idris, Maryam Atif Salaheldin |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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RNA viruses
Male Health Knowledge Attitudes Practice Maternal Health Gonorrhea Hepacivirus Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Adolescents Ghana law.invention Geographical Locations Families 0302 clinical medicine Public health surveillance Immunodeficiency Viruses Pregnancy law Medicine and Health Sciences Public Health Surveillance 030212 general & internal medicine Child Children Mozambique Economic consequences Multidisciplinary Hepatitis C virus Transmission (medicine) Obstetrics and Gynecology virus diseases Middle Aged Health Education and Awareness Medical Microbiology Meta-analysis Viral Pathogens Viruses Medicine Female Pathogens Inclusion (education) Research Article Adult medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Science 030231 tropical medicine MEDLINE Sexually Transmitted Diseases Nigeria Subgroup analysis Microbiology 03 medical and health sciences Young Adult Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) Condom Retroviruses medicine Humans Microbial Pathogens Flaviviruses business.industry Lentivirus Organisms Biology and Life Sciences HIV medicine.disease Hepatitis viruses Health Care Age Groups Family medicine People and Places Africa Women's Health Population Groupings Syphilis business |
| Zdroj: | PLoS ONE PLoS ONE, Vol 14, Iss 9, p e0213224 (2019) |
| Popis: | Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) are ambiguous burden of tremendous health, social and economic consequences, The current systematic review was conducted in order to determine awareness and knowledge of Africans of sexually transmitted infections, not only concerning HIV/AIDS, but also other STIs such as, gonorrhea, syphilis, HBV, HCV and HPV. A systematic review of the literature was conducted, studies were retrieved and selected after they fulfilled the inclusion criteria and passed the assessment procedure. related data was extracted, quantitative analysis was conducted among participants who responded to questions related to HIV, HBV, HCV, HPV or STIs knowledge, sensitivity analysis as well as subgroup analysis were also conducted. Seventy four articles addressing knowledge among 35 African countries were included and 136 questions were analyzed and synthesized. The question Using condom will reduce HIV transmission?” was answered by 1,799,374 Africans in 35 countries, 66.82% [95% Cl; 62.65, 70.98] answered yes. While the question “Is sexual contact a possible route of HBV transmission?” was answered by 7,490 participants in 5 countries; 42.58% [95% Cl; 20.45, 64.71] answered yes. The differences observed among populations are highlighting the possibility for containment and control by directing light toward specific populations or countries as well as addressing specific awareness knowledge to ensure that the general as well as the related specific preventive awareness knowledge is improved. |
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