Table 5.
Knowledge about HIV and HIV prevention practice
| HIV Knowledge and Prevention Practices | Men | Women | Test for difference by sexc | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n = 755 | n = 1369 | ||||||
| Yes | No | Don’t know/not sure | Yes | No | Don’t know/not sure | ||
| Have you heard of HIV or AIDS? | 739 (97.9) | 16 (2.1) | 1361 (99.4) | 8 (0.6) | 0.003 | ||
| Ways of transmitting HIV/AIDSa | |||||||
| Can be transmitted by sex with someone who looks healthy | 628 (83.3) | 63 (8.4) | 63 (8.4) | 1084 (79.2) | 122 (8.9) | 162 (11.8) | 0.03 |
| Can’t be transmitted by mosquito or other insect bites | 480 (63.8) | 173 (23.0) | 100 (13.3) | 638 (46.6) | 435 (31.8) | 295 (21.6) | <0.001 |
| Can’t be transmitted by bewitchment/curses or supernatural means | 652 (86.6) | 34 (4.5) | 67 (8.9) | 1159 (84.9) | 56 (4.1) | 151 (11.1) | 0.28 |
| Can’t be transmitted by sharing food with HIV infected person | 656 (87.1) | 36 (4.8) | 61 (8.1) | 1141 (83.4) | 82 (6.0) | 145 (10.6) | 0.03 |
| Can be transmitted by having sex without condom | 726 (96.6) | 4 (0.5) | 21 (2.8) | 1338 (98.0) | 11 (0.8) | 17 (1.2) | 0.08 |
| Knowledge about PMTCTa | |||||||
| HIV can be transmitted to child during pregnancy | 330 (43.7) | 298 (39.5) | 127 (16.8) | 544 (39.7) | 537 (39.2) | 288 (21.0) | 0.08 |
| HIV can be transmitted to child during delivery | 670 (88.7) | 22 (2.9) | 63 (8.3) | 1265 (92.4) | 34 (2.5) | 70 (5.1) | 0.005 |
| HIV can be transmitted to child during breastfeeding | 653 (86.5) | 23 (3.1) | 79 (10.5) | 1248 (91.2) | 30 (2.2) | 91 (6.7) | 0.001 |
| Do you practise any HIV prevention methods?b | 723 (97.8) | 16 (2.1) | 1347 (99.0) | 14 (1.0) | 0.04 | ||
| HIV prevention practices usedb | |||||||
| Abstinence | 260 (35.2) | 477 (64.6) | 1 (0.1) | 478 (35.2) | 880 (64.7) | 2 (0.2) | 0.99 |
| Faithfulness | 510 (69.0) | 226 (30.6) | 3 (0.4) | 1044 (76.7) | 316 (23.2) | 1 (0.1) | <0.001 |
| Condom use | 368 (49.8) | 371 (50.2) | 0 (0.0) | 262 (19.3) | 1097 (80.7) | 1 (0.1) | <0.001 |
| Circumcision | 21 (2.9) | 685 (92.8) | 32 (4.3) | 5 (0.4) | 1073 (78.8) | 283 (20.8) | <0.001 |
| Others | 123 (18.5) | 451 (67.9) | 90 (13.6) | 180 (14.3) | 828 (66.8) | 231 (18.6) | 0.02 |
Data are n (%) of participants
aFor all questions covering knowledge of modes of HIV transmission, a “yes” indicates correct knowledge. Participants who had not heard of HIV/AIDS (n = 24) were included under “don’t know/not sure”
bParticipants who had not heard of HIV/AIDS (n = 24) were not asked about HIV prevention practice
cTest for difference compares yes vs. no/don’t know/not sure by logit random effects model