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Assessment and associated factors of comprehensive HIV knowledge in an at-risk population: a cross-sectional study from 19,286 young persons in Nigeria

BACKGROUND: The prevalence of HIV among young people aged 15–19 years in Nigeria is estimated as 3.5%, the highest among West and Central African countries. Comprehensive knowledge of HIV is associated with increased awareness of preventive interventions and a reduction in the spread of HIV. Therefo...

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Autores principales: Kareem, Yusuf Olushola, Dorgbetor, Cyprian Issahaku, Ameyaw, Edward Kwabena, Abubakar, Zubaida, Adelekan, Babatunde, Goldson, Erika, Mueller, Ulla, Adegboye, Oyelola
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10084550/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37051440
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/20499361231163664
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author Kareem, Yusuf Olushola
Dorgbetor, Cyprian Issahaku
Ameyaw, Edward Kwabena
Abubakar, Zubaida
Adelekan, Babatunde
Goldson, Erika
Mueller, Ulla
Adegboye, Oyelola
author_facet Kareem, Yusuf Olushola
Dorgbetor, Cyprian Issahaku
Ameyaw, Edward Kwabena
Abubakar, Zubaida
Adelekan, Babatunde
Goldson, Erika
Mueller, Ulla
Adegboye, Oyelola
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description BACKGROUND: The prevalence of HIV among young people aged 15–19 years in Nigeria is estimated as 3.5%, the highest among West and Central African countries. Comprehensive knowledge of HIV is associated with increased awareness of preventive interventions and a reduction in the spread of HIV. Therefore, this article seeks to assess and determine the associated factors of comprehensive HIV knowledge among youths in Nigeria. METHODS: The study used the 2018 Nigerian Demographic Health Survey, a cross-sectional survey that employed a two-stage cluster sampling method. Comprehensive knowledge of HIV was assessed based on five questions. The data were analysed separately for men and women aged 15–24 years. A multivariable log-binomial regression model was used to determine factors associated with comprehensive HIV knowledge. All analysis was performed using Stata 15.0 and adjusted for weighting, clustering and stratification. RESULTS: A total of 15,267 women and 4019 men aged 15–24 years were included in this study. The prevalence of comprehensive knowledge of HIV was higher among women than among men (42.6% versus 33.7%; p < 0.001) and lower among younger ages 15–17 years compared with other ages. The findings revealed that age, ethnicity, wealth, education and exposure to mass media were statistically significant factors associated with comprehensive knowledge of HIV. In addition, religion, place of residence, phone ownership, internet use, currently working and having initiated sex were significant factors among women and modern contraceptive use among men. CONCLUSION: Key findings from this study imply that public health programmes in Nigeria should focus on providing information on HIV/AIDS using different approaches, including comprehensive sex education as well as health promotion and education strategies in the formal and informal sectors. Because media exposure is a common and cost-effective way of public health promotion and education in modern times, emphasis could also be placed on using this channel to reach the target population.
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spelling pubmed-100845502023-04-11 Assessment and associated factors of comprehensive HIV knowledge in an at-risk population: a cross-sectional study from 19,286 young persons in Nigeria Kareem, Yusuf Olushola Dorgbetor, Cyprian Issahaku Ameyaw, Edward Kwabena Abubakar, Zubaida Adelekan, Babatunde Goldson, Erika Mueller, Ulla Adegboye, Oyelola Ther Adv Infect Dis Original Research BACKGROUND: The prevalence of HIV among young people aged 15–19 years in Nigeria is estimated as 3.5%, the highest among West and Central African countries. Comprehensive knowledge of HIV is associated with increased awareness of preventive interventions and a reduction in the spread of HIV. Therefore, this article seeks to assess and determine the associated factors of comprehensive HIV knowledge among youths in Nigeria. METHODS: The study used the 2018 Nigerian Demographic Health Survey, a cross-sectional survey that employed a two-stage cluster sampling method. Comprehensive knowledge of HIV was assessed based on five questions. The data were analysed separately for men and women aged 15–24 years. A multivariable log-binomial regression model was used to determine factors associated with comprehensive HIV knowledge. All analysis was performed using Stata 15.0 and adjusted for weighting, clustering and stratification. RESULTS: A total of 15,267 women and 4019 men aged 15–24 years were included in this study. The prevalence of comprehensive knowledge of HIV was higher among women than among men (42.6% versus 33.7%; p < 0.001) and lower among younger ages 15–17 years compared with other ages. The findings revealed that age, ethnicity, wealth, education and exposure to mass media were statistically significant factors associated with comprehensive knowledge of HIV. In addition, religion, place of residence, phone ownership, internet use, currently working and having initiated sex were significant factors among women and modern contraceptive use among men. CONCLUSION: Key findings from this study imply that public health programmes in Nigeria should focus on providing information on HIV/AIDS using different approaches, including comprehensive sex education as well as health promotion and education strategies in the formal and informal sectors. Because media exposure is a common and cost-effective way of public health promotion and education in modern times, emphasis could also be placed on using this channel to reach the target population. SAGE Publications 2023-04-04 /pmc/articles/PMC10084550/ /pubmed/37051440 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/20499361231163664 Text en © The Author(s), 2023 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) which permits any use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access page (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage).
spellingShingle Original Research
Kareem, Yusuf Olushola
Dorgbetor, Cyprian Issahaku
Ameyaw, Edward Kwabena
Abubakar, Zubaida
Adelekan, Babatunde
Goldson, Erika
Mueller, Ulla
Adegboye, Oyelola
Assessment and associated factors of comprehensive HIV knowledge in an at-risk population: a cross-sectional study from 19,286 young persons in Nigeria
title Assessment and associated factors of comprehensive HIV knowledge in an at-risk population: a cross-sectional study from 19,286 young persons in Nigeria
title_full Assessment and associated factors of comprehensive HIV knowledge in an at-risk population: a cross-sectional study from 19,286 young persons in Nigeria
title_fullStr Assessment and associated factors of comprehensive HIV knowledge in an at-risk population: a cross-sectional study from 19,286 young persons in Nigeria
title_full_unstemmed Assessment and associated factors of comprehensive HIV knowledge in an at-risk population: a cross-sectional study from 19,286 young persons in Nigeria
title_short Assessment and associated factors of comprehensive HIV knowledge in an at-risk population: a cross-sectional study from 19,286 young persons in Nigeria
title_sort assessment and associated factors of comprehensive hiv knowledge in an at-risk population: a cross-sectional study from 19,286 young persons in nigeria
topic Original Research
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10084550/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37051440
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/20499361231163664
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