-
Knowledge of and attitudes toward HIV/AIDS among Iranian women
-
Ehsan Zarei, Roghayeh Khabiri, Maryam Tajvar, Shirin Nosratnejad
-
Epidemiol Health. 2018;40:e2018037. Published online August 3, 2018
-
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4178/epih.e2018037
-
-
14,893
View
-
330
Download
-
14
Web of Science
-
14
Crossref
-
 Abstract
 PDF
-
Abstract
OBJECTIVES
This study investigated the knowledge of Iranian women about HIV/AIDS and whether they had accepting attitudes towards people living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), and sought to identify factors correlated with their knowledge and attitudes.
METHODS The data analyzed in the present study were taken from Iran’s Multiple Indicator Demographic and Health Survey, a national survey conducted in 2015. In total, 42,630 women aged 15-49 years were identified through multi-stage stratified cluster random sampling and interviewed. Associations of the socio-demographic characteristics of participants with their knowledge and attitudes were examined using multiple logistic regression analysis.
RESULTS The majority (79.0%) of Iranian women had heard about HIV/AIDS, but only 19.1% had a comprehensive knowledge. In addition, only 15.4% of women had accepting attitudes toward people with HIV. Being older, married, more highly educated, and wealthier were factors associated with having more comprehensive knowledge of HIV/AIDS, and living in urban areas was associated with having more positive attitudes toward people with HIV.
CONCLUSIONS The relatively poor knowledge of Iranian women and the low prevalence of accepting attitudes toward people living with HIV highlight the need to develop policies and interventions to overcome this issue, which would be a basis for further prevention of HIV/AIDS in Iran.
-
Summary
-
Citations
Citations to this article as recorded by  - Study on Awareness of AIDS Knowledge and Its Influencing Factors among Older People Aged 60 and above in Yongchuan District of Chongqing
山 李
Aging Research.2024; 11(01): 34. CrossRef - Comprehensive knowledge about HIV/AIDS and associated factors among reproductive age women in Liberia
Beminate Lemma Seifu, Gilbert Eshun, Getayeneh Antehunegn Tesema, Frank Kyei-Arthur
BMC Public Health.2024;[Epub] CrossRef - HIV Stigma in Awi Zone, Northwest Ethiopia, and a Unique Community Association as a Potential Partner
Muluken Azage Yenesew, Gizachew Yismaw, Dabere Nigatu, Yibeltal Alemu, Addisu Gasheneit, Taye Zeru, Belay Bezabih, Getahun Abate
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.2024; 21(8): 982. CrossRef - Knowledge and practice of high school students regarding HIV/AIDS prevention and transmission: Results from a cross-sectional study in an Iranian less-developed, high-risk region
Alireza Mohamadian, Hamid Sharifi, Jafar Hassanzadeh, Mohsen Mohebbi-Nodezh, Mohammad Mohebbi-Nodezh, Hossein M. Vardanjani
Journal of Education and Health Promotion.2023;[Epub] CrossRef - Public Awareness and Stigmatizing Attitudes toward People Living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome in Saudi Arabia
Marwan J. Alwazzeh, Abdullah H. Kabbani, Muhannad A. Alghamdi, Khalid I. Alharbi, Abdullah A. Qoqandi, Abdulrazaq I. Alsomali, Jose Ramon Fiore
The Open AIDS Journal.2023;[Epub] CrossRef - Determination of Women’s Level of Knowledge and Attitudes towards AIDS
Gülpınar ASLAN, Ayşe Berivan BAKAN
Adnan Menderes Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Fakültesi Dergisi.2023; 7(3): 522. CrossRef - Understanding Women’s Knowledge, Awareness, and Perceptions of STIs/STDs in Asia: A Scoping Review
Wandeep Kaur, Vimala Balakrishnan, Ian Ng Zhi Wei, Annabel Yeo Yung Chen, Zhao Ni
Healthcare.2023; 11(19): 2643. CrossRef - Correlates of prevalent HIV infection among adolescents, young adults, and older adult female sex workers in Ghana: Analysis of data from the Ghana biobehavioral survey
Chris Guure, Samuel Dery, Seth Afagbedzi, Ernest Maya, Frances Baaba da-Costa Vroom, Kwasi Torpey, Daniel Yaw Fiaveh
PLOS ONE.2023; 18(11): e0292686. CrossRef - The health inequity and socioeconomic inequality faced by adolescent girls and women on the move living with or at high risk of HIV infection, during the COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria
Erik Lamontagne, Hasiya Yunusa Nyako, Amaka Enemo, Aaron Sunday, Amira Muhammad, Rilwan Mohammed Abdullah, Henry Okiwu, Veronica Undelikwo, Pamela Ogbozor, Oluwaranmilowo Amusan, Oluwatoyin Alaba, Gabriel Undelikwo, Koubagnine Takpa, Greg Ashefor, Matthew
BMJ Global Health.2023; 8(12): e012116. CrossRef - Self-health care behaviors and knowledge of youth living with HIV
Kanjana Treejan, Peerawat Jinatongthai, Summana Moolasarn, Bee Yean Low, Claire Anderson, Teeraporn Supapaan
Journal of the American Pharmacists Association.2022; 62(4): 1249. CrossRef - Socio-Economic and Demographic Factors Associated with Knowledge and Attitude of HIV/AIDS among Women Aged 15–49 Years Old in Indonesia
Feny Deya Virdausi, Ferry Efendi, Tiyas Kusumaningrum, Qorinah Estiningtyas Sakilah Adnani, Lisa McKenna, Kadar Ramadhan, Ika Adelia Susanti
Healthcare.2022; 10(8): 1545. CrossRef - The Prevention of Mother-to-Child HIV/AIDS Transmission at Public Health Centers: A Phenomenology Study
Dhesi Ari Astuti, Mohammad Hakimi, Yayi Suryo Prabandari, Ida Safitri Laksanawati, Atik Triratnawati
The Open Nursing Journal.2021; 15(1): 195. CrossRef - Association of comprehensive correct HIV/AIDS knowledge among caregivers of children living with HIV and disclosure of HIV status
Nishanth Krishna Kodyalamoole, Sanjeev B Badiger
Muller Journal of Medical Sciences and Research.2021; 12(2): 70. CrossRef - Knowledge gaps of STIs in Africa; Systematic review
Marwan M. Badawi, Maryam A. SalahEldin, Alaa B. Idris, Elfatih A. Hasabo, Zeinab H. Osman, Widad M. Osman, Jayanta Bhattacharya
PLOS ONE.2019; 14(9): e0213224. CrossRef
|
KSE
