Correlates of women's knowledge of mother-to-child transmission of HIV and its prevention in Tanzania: a population-based study
| Autor: | Zelalem T. Haile, Asli K. Teweldeberhan, Ilana R. Azulay Chertok |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Health Knowledge
Attitudes Practice Pediatrics Health (social science) Cross-sectional study HIV Infections Tanzania 0302 clinical medicine Pregnancy immune system diseases Surveys and Questionnaires Medicine 030212 general & internal medicine Pregnancy Complications Infectious Young adult reproductive and urinary physiology education.field_of_study biology Transmission (medicine) virus diseases Middle Aged female genital diseases and pregnancy complications Population Surveillance Female 0305 other medical science Adult medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Social Psychology Population Black People Young Adult 03 medical and health sciences Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) Environmental health Humans Women education 030505 public health business.industry Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Odds ratio bacterial infections and mycoses biology.organism_classification medicine.disease Infectious Disease Transmission Vertical Cross-Sectional Studies Logistic Models Socioeconomic Factors Serostatus business |
| Zdroj: | AIDS Care. 28:70-78 |
| ISSN: | 1360-0451 0954-0121 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/09540121.2015.1062465 |
| Popis: | Studies that explored women's knowledge on mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) of HIV and its prevention (PMTCT) in the general population are currently lacking. This paper examined factors associated with having adequate knowledge of MTCT of HIV and PMTCT among a nationally representative sample of women in Tanzania. We conducted a cross-sectional analysis including 10,299 women from the 2011-2012 Tanzania HIV/AIDS and Malaria Indicator Survey. The outcome of interest was the presence of adequate knowledge on MTCT and PMTCT of HIV. We used multivariable logistic regression to identify factors associated with having adequate knowledge on MTCT and PMTCT of HIV. Results revealed that the overall prevalence of having adequate knowledge on MTCT and PMTCT of HIV was low (46%). We found a statistically significant difference in the proportions of having adequate knowledge between HIV-negative and HIV-positive women (45% vs. 56%; p |
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