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Voluntary Counseling and Testing for HIV in Rural Area of Democratic Republic of the Congo: Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice Survey among Service Users

Aims. To determine the prevalence of HIV, the level of sexual risk for HIV, and determinants of VCT attendance among adult population living in a rural area. Methods. A cross-sectional study was conducted in Mbanza-Ngungu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. An anonymous questionnaire was designed to...

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Autores principales: Kautako-Kiambi, Mida, Ekila, Mathilde B., Kama-Lemba, Smith, Wumba, Roger, Aloni, Michel N.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
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Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4546770/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26347477
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/281093
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author Kautako-Kiambi, Mida
Ekila, Mathilde B.
Kama-Lemba, Smith
Wumba, Roger
Aloni, Michel N.
author_facet Kautako-Kiambi, Mida
Ekila, Mathilde B.
Kama-Lemba, Smith
Wumba, Roger
Aloni, Michel N.
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description Aims. To determine the prevalence of HIV, the level of sexual risk for HIV, and determinants of VCT attendance among adult population living in a rural area. Methods. A cross-sectional study was conducted in Mbanza-Ngungu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. An anonymous questionnaire was designed to extract relevant data. Results. In our cohort, 69% were respondents of more than 24 years of age and the single marital status was most represented (64.1%). A high proportion of respondents (90.6%) visited VCT service for requiring information (good acceptability). Positive test for HIV was reported in 9.4% of respondents. In this cohort, 49.6% of respondents had declared themselves to never use condom. In binary analysis, there was association between positive HIV test and age (p = 0.04) and religions (p = 0.02). In this cohort, it was observed that positive HIV test was significantly associated with confidentiality (p = 0.02). However, there was no association between positive HIV test and condom use (p = 0.25), knowledge of VCT (p = 0.81), service requested (p = 0.20), and previous HIV test (p = 0.68). Conclusions. Preventive information for AIDS should be recommended in the population living in rural zone.
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spelling pubmed-45467702015-09-06 Voluntary Counseling and Testing for HIV in Rural Area of Democratic Republic of the Congo: Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice Survey among Service Users Kautako-Kiambi, Mida Ekila, Mathilde B. Kama-Lemba, Smith Wumba, Roger Aloni, Michel N. J Trop Med Research Article Aims. To determine the prevalence of HIV, the level of sexual risk for HIV, and determinants of VCT attendance among adult population living in a rural area. Methods. A cross-sectional study was conducted in Mbanza-Ngungu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. An anonymous questionnaire was designed to extract relevant data. Results. In our cohort, 69% were respondents of more than 24 years of age and the single marital status was most represented (64.1%). A high proportion of respondents (90.6%) visited VCT service for requiring information (good acceptability). Positive test for HIV was reported in 9.4% of respondents. In this cohort, 49.6% of respondents had declared themselves to never use condom. In binary analysis, there was association between positive HIV test and age (p = 0.04) and religions (p = 0.02). In this cohort, it was observed that positive HIV test was significantly associated with confidentiality (p = 0.02). However, there was no association between positive HIV test and condom use (p = 0.25), knowledge of VCT (p = 0.81), service requested (p = 0.20), and previous HIV test (p = 0.68). Conclusions. Preventive information for AIDS should be recommended in the population living in rural zone. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015 2015-08-09 /pmc/articles/PMC4546770/ /pubmed/26347477 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/281093 Text en Copyright © 2015 Mida Kautako-Kiambi et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Kautako-Kiambi, Mida
Ekila, Mathilde B.
Kama-Lemba, Smith
Wumba, Roger
Aloni, Michel N.
Voluntary Counseling and Testing for HIV in Rural Area of Democratic Republic of the Congo: Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice Survey among Service Users
title Voluntary Counseling and Testing for HIV in Rural Area of Democratic Republic of the Congo: Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice Survey among Service Users
title_full Voluntary Counseling and Testing for HIV in Rural Area of Democratic Republic of the Congo: Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice Survey among Service Users
title_fullStr Voluntary Counseling and Testing for HIV in Rural Area of Democratic Republic of the Congo: Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice Survey among Service Users
title_full_unstemmed Voluntary Counseling and Testing for HIV in Rural Area of Democratic Republic of the Congo: Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice Survey among Service Users
title_short Voluntary Counseling and Testing for HIV in Rural Area of Democratic Republic of the Congo: Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice Survey among Service Users
title_sort voluntary counseling and testing for hiv in rural area of democratic republic of the congo: knowledge, attitude, and practice survey among service users
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4546770/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26347477
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/281093
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