Table 2.
Sources of information | Public university | Private university | Total |
% (n) | % (n) | % (n) | |
Lectures | 53.8 (168) | 67.8 (221)** | 61.0 (389) |
Radio/TV | 50.0 (156) | 38.4 (126)* | 44.1 (282) |
Internet | 28.6 (89) | 36.6 (119)* | 32.7 (208) |
Reading materials | 34.5 (107) | 35.6 (116) | 35.1 (223) |
Friends/relatives | 29.8 (93) | 32.8 (107) | 31.3 (200) |
Health care workers | 33.3 (104) | 45.1 (147)* | 39.3 (251) |
Sum score: Information from media/reading | 54.2 (165) | 59.4 (193 | 56.4 (358) |
Sum score: Information from lectures/health care workers | 44.6 (139) | 63.0 (204)** | 53.9 (323) |
Need for further education | |||
Basic HIV/AIDS issues | 81.1 (249) | 70.9 (232)* | 75.9 (481) |
Patient management | 88.1 (274) | 80.4 (263)* | 84.2 (537) |
Treatment recommendations | 85.3 (262) | 74.8 (243)* | 79.9 (505) |
Advice on referrals | 81.2 (250) | 72.4 (236)* | 76.7 (486) |
Clinical manifestations | 86.1 (267) | 77.9 (254)* | 81.9 (521) |
Psycho-social complications | 83.2 (258) | 78.2 (254) | 80.6 (512) |
Sum score: need for further information- | 48.2 (145) | 47.0 (151) | 47.6 (296) |
Percentages (n) of those who confirmed much/very much information received and moderate/great need for further information.
** p < 0.001, * p < 0.05