印度生育年龄妇女对艾滋病毒/艾滋病的全面了解
Aritro Bhattacharyya1, Ritankar Chakraborty1, Tapasya Raj1
1International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai 400088, India.
Epidemiologia (Basel, Switzerland)
|November 21, 2023
概括
印度妇女对艾滋病毒/艾滋病的全面知识仍然很低. 教育,年龄,财富和媒体访问等因素显著影响对艾滋病毒传播和预防的理解.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 流行病学 流行病学
- 健康的社会决定因素
背景情况:
- 艾滋病毒/艾滋病是一个重大的全球健康挑战,印度承担了相当大的负担,特别是在妇女中.
- 评估妇女对艾滋病毒/艾滋病传播和预防的知识对于有效的公共卫生干预至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 在印度的生殖年龄妇女中,确定关于人类免疫缺陷病毒/获得免疫缺陷综合征 (HIV/AIDS) 综合知识的决定因素.
- 为改善艾滋病毒/艾滋病意识和预防工作提供有针对性的策略.
主要方法:
- 来自国家家庭健康调查 (NFHS-5) 的数据分析,涉及95,541名年龄在15-49岁的女性.
- 应用多层次物流回归来检查影响全面艾滋病毒/艾滋病知识的个人,家庭和社区层面因素.
主要成果:
- 只有24.8%的15-49岁女性先前有艾滋病毒意识,对艾滋病毒/艾滋病有全面的了解.
- 高等教育,老年人群 (30-34,40-44),家庭财富增加,大众媒体访问和先前的艾滋病毒检测与更大的知识有关.
- 财富,教育和就业等社区层面的因素也与全面的艾滋病毒/艾滋病知识有积极的相关性.
结论:
- 个人和社区层面的因素都是印度妇女全面了解艾滋病毒/艾滋病的关键决定因素.
- 通过有针对性的公共卫生战略解决信息差距对于提高艾滋病毒/艾滋病的认识和预防至关重要,尤其是在脆弱的子群体中.
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