Public knowledge and attitudes toward HIV/Aids and antiretroviral therapy in Kabarole district, western Uganda

Datos Bibliográficos

ID19442378
AutoresWalter Kipp (University of Alberta, autor de correspondencia), Walter Eigen Kipp (University of Alberta), Arif Alibhai (University of Alberta), Duncan Saunders (University of Alberta), Joseph Konde-Lule (Makerere University), Alex Ruhunda (c Kabarole Research & Resource Centre , Fort Portal , Uganda)
Año2009
Volumen21
Número1
Páginas118-124
Fecha de publicación2009-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaAIDS Care (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0954-0121 • E-ISSN: 1360-0451
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/09540120802068761
PMID19085228
OpenAlexW2036945225
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas5
Referencias citadas9

A study on knowledge about HIV/AIDS and antiretroviral therapy (ART) was conducted in the general population of a rural district in western Uganda. Three hundred seventy-two participants were selected by random cluster sampling and interviewed with an interview-administered questionnaire. Data were analyzed quantitatively with descriptive, univariate and linear multivariate statistical analysis with the knowledge score about ART as the dependent variable. The results indicate that the mean knowledge was 7.7 in a scale from 0 to 13. Predictor for better ART knowledge was a higher educational status of the participants. Older participants over 50 years were less ART knowledgeable. Only 19% of the participants have been tested for HIV. The conclusions are that the ART knowledge in this population is remarkably high which is reaffirming and important for achieving a high adherence to ART. Of concern is the low proportion of persons tested for HIV in this general population. Kabarole district seems to be receptive and capable for intensifying HIV testing which is a precondition for the ART roll-out

Antiretroviral therapy · Cluster sampling · Descriptive statistics · Environmental health · Family medicine · Multivariate analysis · Multivariate statistics · Population · Sociology · Statistics · Univariate · Viral load · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · Clinical Psychology · Demography · HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions · Medicine · Psychology