Table 2. HIV knowledge by awareness of pediatric HIV/AIDS.
Know HIV positive children | Know HIV positive children on ART | Know children who tested for HIV | ||||
No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | |
(n = 9449) | (n = 7515) | (n = 10272) | (n = 6718) | (n = 11388) | (n = 5605) | |
HIV knowledge | p<0.001 | p<0.001 | p = 0.002 | |||
Low (0–2) | 13.8 | 5.1 | 13.6 | 4.3 | 10.8 | 8.2 |
Medium (3–4) | 51.1 | 51.0 | 51.0 | 51.1 | 50.9 | 51.2 |
High (5–6) | 35.1 | 44.0 | 35.4 | 44.7 | 38.3 | 40.5 |
A mother can transmit HIV through breastfeeding | ||||||
p<0.001 | p<0.001 | p<0.001 | ||||
Yes | 79.1 | 89.2 | 79.3 | 90.1 | 82.4 | 86.1 |
No | 9.9 | 6.4 | 9.9 | 6.0 | 8.5 | 8.2 |
Don’t know | 10.9 | 4.3 | 10.7 | 3.9 | 9.1 | 5.7 |
An HIV positive mother can do something to prevent HIV infection of baby | ||||||
p<0.001 | p<0.001 | p<0.001 | ||||
Yes | 76.1 | 89.9 | 76.8 | 90.5 | 80.2 | 86.3 |
No | 9.0 | 4.3 | 8.9 | 4.0 | 7.4 | 6.0 |
Don’t know | 14.8 | 5.8 | 14.3 | 5.5 | 12.4 | 7.6 |
Know someone who is HIV positive | ||||||
p<0.001 | ||||||
Yes | 50.7 | 90.4 | ||||
No | 49.3 | 9.6 | ||||
Know someone on ART | p<0.001 | |||||
Yes | 48.2 | 90.2 | ||||
No | 51.8 | 9.8 |
ART = antiretroviral treatment.