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Journal article
HIV/AIDS knowledge and attitudes assessment among women of child-bearing age in South Sudan: Findings from a Household Survey
PLoS One, Vol.15(12), pp.1-15
2020
PMID: 33315916
Abstract
This study assessed the determinants that shape HIV knowledge and attitudes among South Sudanese women by analysing a Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey collected from 9,061 women in 9,369 households. Generalised linear mixed model regression was performed. Fifty percent of respondents were aware of HIV/AIDS, with 21% and 22% exhibiting good knowledge and positive attitudes towards people with HIV/AIDS, respectively. When controlled for individual and community-level variables, younger women (AOR = 1.28, 95% CI: 1.01–162), women with primary (AOR = 2.19; 95% CI: 1.86–2.58) and secondary (AOR = 4.48; 95% CI: 3.38–5.93) education, and those living in urban areas (AOR = 1.40; 95% CI: 1.12–1.76) had significantly good knowledge. Women in the richer (AOR = 1.60; 95% CI: 1.08–2.36) and the richest (AOR = 2.02; 95% CI: 1.35–3.02) wealth quintiles had significant positive attitudes towards people with HIV/AIDS. Well-designed social and behavioural campaigns targeting uneducated women and those living in rural and remote settings will enhance knowledge of perceived risk, awareness, and ability to carry out preventive behaviours.
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- Title
- HIV/AIDS knowledge and attitudes assessment among women of child-bearing age in South Sudan: Findings from a Household Survey
- Authors
- William Mude (Corresponding Author) - Central Queensland UniversityVictor M Oguoma (Author) - University of CanberraHailay Abrha Gesesew (Author) - Flinders UniversityEdward K Ameyaw (Author) - University of Technology SydneyCarolyne Njue (Author) - University of Technology SydneyTafadzwa Nyanhanda (Author) - Central Queensland UniversityAdeniyi O Adeleye (Author) - Central Queensland UniversityTinashe Dune (Author) - Western Sydney UniversityBillingsley Kaambwa (Author) - Flinders UniversityLillian Mwanri (Author) - Flinders University
- Publication details
- PLoS One, Vol.15(12), pp.1-15
- Publisher
- Public Library of Science
- Date published
- 2020
- DOI
- 10.1371/journal.pone.0243969
- ISSN
- 1932-6203
- PMID
- 33315916
- Copyright note
- © 2020 Mude et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
- Data Availability
- Data cannot be shared publicly because the data is owned by a third party, UNICEF. Data are available from the UNICE Institutional Data Access (contact via website, see URL below) for researchers who meet the criteria for access to confidential data. The process to access the data requires online registration requesting the data and approval from UNICEF to access the data. https://mics.unicef.org/surveys.
- Organisation Unit
- Thompson Institute
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 991121851502621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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