The better the worse
Risk factors for HIV infection among women in Kenya and Uganda – Demographic and Health Survey
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19438904 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Julie Abimanyi-Ochom (0000-0002-4760-6304, Monash University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue | 12 |
| Pages | 1545-1550 |
| Publication date | 2011-12-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | AIDS Care (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0954-0121 • E-ISSN: 1360-0451 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/09540121.2011.582477 |
| PMID | 22117124 |
| OpenAlex | W1980126221 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 18 |
The objective of the study was to investigate socio-economic status (SES) factors as risk factors for HIV among women in Kenya and Uganda. Individual data from cross-sectional, population based 2003-Kenya Demographic and Health Survey (KDHS) and 2004-Uganda AIDS Indicator Survey (AIS) were used and the probability of being HIV-positive was analysed. Contrary to the public health literature, women of high SES were also vulnerable to HIV risk. Both Ugandan and Kenyan women had similar SES risk factors to HIV and harmonising policies in the two countries to deal with the disadvantages of the social and cultural roles of women would help reduce vulnerability to HIV for women. Policies in both countries need to be broad based to cut across all socio-economic groups and deal with the complexity of HIV/AIDS. Nyanza region needs exceptional policies to deal with the high HIV prevalence and reduce risk through cultural practices like widow inheritance
Developing country · Economic growth · Economics · Environmental health · Geography · Kenya · Political science · Population · Public health · Socioeconomic status · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · Demography · HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions · Medicine · Nursing · Immunology
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Women living with HIV in Nigeria
Gogo Care and Protection of Vulnerable Children in Rural Malawi
Sexual Risk Behavior in HIV-Uninfected Pregnant Women in Western Uganda
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Socioeconomic Status as a Risk Factor for Hiv Infection in Women in East, Central and Southern Africa
The socioeconomic determinants of HIV incidence
Educational attainment and HIV‐1 infection in developing countries
The acceptability of male circumcision to reduce HIV infections in Nyanza Province, Kenya
Beyond Monogamy
Individual- and community-level determinants of social acceptance of people living with HIV in Kenya
How does the impact of an HIV/Aids information campaign vary with educational attainment? Evidence from rural Uganda
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| Citations per year | 0.36 |
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| Citation span | 2012 - 2021 (10) |
| Highly cited | No |