Table 2.
HIV-STI Knowledge by sex and school level among street adolescents in rehabilitation centres in Kinshasa, DRC
| Sex of participants | Boys | Girls | x2 | p | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Education level | NA | P | S | Total | NA | P | S* | Total | ||
| Hear of HIV | ||||||||||
| Yes | 0 | 47 | 47 | 94(54.3) | 1 | 7 | 71 | 79(45.7) | 0.05 | 0.832 |
| No | 3 | 10 | 1 | 14(12.9) | 0 | 10 | 3 | 13(14.1) | ||
| Transmission modes | ||||||||||
| Unprotected sex | 3 | 12 | 9 | 24(42.9) | 1 | 4 | 27 | 32(57.1) | 10.3 | 0.068 |
| Sharp objects | 0 | 5 | 17 | 22(20.3) | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6(6.5) | ||
| Witchcraft | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14(12.9) | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6(6.5) | ||
| Cont. Object | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5(4.6) | 0 | 0 | 9 | 9(9.7) | ||
| Ur.stool contact | 0 | 21 | 7 | 28(25.9) | 0 | 8 | 14 | 22(23.9) | ||
| Others ** | 0 | 10 | 5 | 15(13.8) | 0 | 3 | 14 | 17(18.4) | ||
| Symptoms | ||||||||||
| Low abd. Pain | 0 | 7 | 5 | 12(11.1) | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7(7.6) | 8.13 | 0.229 |
| Painful urines | 1 | 8 | 3 | 12(11.1) | 0 | 1 | 21 | 22(23.9) | ||
| White discharge | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4(24) | 0 | 1 | 7 | 8(8.6) | ||
| G.Ulcers | 1 | 5 | 20 | 26(24) | 1 | 3 | 20 | 24(26) | ||
| Headache | 0 | 13 | 2 | 15(13.80 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 9(9.7) | ||
| Swelling genitalia | 0 | 13 | 13 | 26(24) | 1 | 6 | 12 | 19(20.6) | ||
| Others*** | 1 | 10 | 2 | 13(12) | 0 | 1 | 10 | 11(11.9) |
NA: not attended school, P: primary school level; S: secondary school level. S*: some secondary school participants gave several answers; Ur. Stools contact: contact with urines and/or stools; low abd. Pain: low abdominal pains, G. Ulcer: ulcers on genitalia
**: Hands washing using the same water, by coughing, no way, by eye's contacts and skin contacts during sweating
***: Fouls-smelling from mouth, yellowish eyes, giving birth to twins more than once and frequent hiccups.