Table 4.
Knowledge and attitudes of health workers before and after the youth friendly services training, between 2005 and 2006.
| 2005 | 2006 | 2006 v 2005† | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % of HWs with all correct/desired answers | Pre n = 208 |
Post n = 203 |
RR (95% CI) | Pre n = 221 |
Post n = 225 |
RR (95 % CI) | P value | ||
| Knowledge on | |||||||||
| HIV/AIDS | 78.8 | 87.1 | 1.11* | (1.00, 1.21) | 91.8 | 99.6 | 1.08** | (1.04, 1.13) | p = 0.32 |
| puberty | 83.3 | 93.6 | 1.12** | (1.05, 1.22) | 81.2 | 85.9 | 1.06* | (1.02, 1.16) | p = 0.19 |
| STDs | 34.5 | 29.8 | 0.86 | (0.63, 1.18) | 28.9 | 57.7 | 2.00** | (1.54, 2.59) | p < 0.001 |
| Attitude relating to | |||||||||
| stigma | 89.0 | 94 | 1.06 | (0.98, 1.12) | 80.5 | 93.1 | 1.16** | (1.07, 1.26) | p < 0.001 |
| young people | 77.1 | 97.3 | 1.26** | (1.15, 1.38) | 69.9 | 92.2 | 1.32** | (1.19, 1.47) | p = 0.02 |
| condoms | 96.4 | 97 | 1.01 | (0.97, 1.04) | 96.7 | 97.3 | 1.01 | (0.97, 1.04) | p = 1 |
| Condoms use amongst school pupils | 83.3 | 97.5 | 1.17 | (0.98, 1.06) | 90.7 | 96.4 | 1.06* | (1.01, 1.12) | p < 0.001 |
| Confidentiality | 66.7 | 82.2 | 1.23** | (1.09, 1.41) | 67.6 | 92.0 | 1.36** | (1.22, 1.52) | p < 0.001 |
| Young people's right to treatment | 56.4 | 74.9 | 1.33** | (1.17, 1.60) | 54.6 | 74.5 | 1.36** | (1.17, 1.60) | p = 0.21 |
*significant at 0.05 level
**significant at <0.01 level
†Adjusted for baseline differences in education, previous training, HIV knowledge and attitudes relating to young people