乌干达艾滋病毒易受感染的人群中的COVID-19知识,态度和实践:一个横截面队列分析
Job Kasule1, Julius L Tonzel2,3, Natalie Burns2,3
1Makerere University Walter Reed Program, Kampala, Uganda.
PloS one
|March 3, 2026
概括
在易受艾滋病毒感染的乌干达成年人中,COVID-19预防知识各不相同,对实践的影响有限. 解决未来的流行病反应需要的不仅仅是对这一群体的知识增强.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 流行病学 流行病学
- 行为科学 行为科学
背景情况:
- 对艾滋病毒行为易受伤害的个人面临医疗保健接入障碍,影响COVID-19干预采用.
- 了解这一群体的COVID-19知识,态度和做法对于未来的流行病准备至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 评估乌干达成年人对艾滋病毒行为脆弱性的COVID-19知识,态度和实践.
- 在这个人群中识别与COVID-19预防实践相关的因素.
主要方法:
- 从2022年10月到2024年9月,一个由418名具有特定行为风险因素的参与者 (14-55岁) 组成的队列被招募.
- 收集了社会行为数据,包括COVID-19知识,态度和实践.
- 普森回归被用来确定与预防实践相关的因素.
主要成果:
- 关于SARS-CoV-2传播的高度知识 (95.4%),但对于变种后果和无症状传播 (48.5%-80.8%) 的知识较低.
- 洗手是常见的 (90.8%),但戴口罩 (76.5%),避免有症状的人 (73.7%) 和接种疫苗 (46.9%) 较少.
- 男性的避开有症状的人和接种疫苗的比率更高; Omicron 波注册与戴口罩较少但接种疫苗更多相关.
结论:
- 乌干达青少年和成年人的COVID-19知识和态度不一致,对预防实践的影响很小.
- 仅仅提高知识不足以加强疫情期间的疾病预防实践;需要多方面的策略.
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