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. 2020 Jan 14;34(1):38–50. doi: 10.1089/apc.2019.0131

Table 2.

Logistic Regression Describing Health Workers' Personal Attitudes Toward People Living with HIV and Key Populations by Country

  PLHIV (n = 1439)
Women who sell sex (n = 1408)
MSM (n = 1366)
Young women who become pregnant before marriage (n = 1432)
n/N (%) aORs (95% CIs)* n/N (%) aORs (95% CIs)* n/N (%) aORs (95% CIs)* n/N (%) aORs (95% CIs)*
I would be ashamed if someone in my family was (key population)
 Zambia
  HFS 32/528 (6.1) 1 [0.307] 437/523 (83.6) 1 [0.130] 451/500 (90.2) 1 [0.052] 257/517 (49.7) 1 [0.005]
  CHiP 13/373 (3.5) 0.57 (0.30–1.10) 299/373 (80.2) 0.83 (0.58–1.19) 314/366 (85.8) 0.71 (0.46–1.08) 191/371 (51.5) 0.97 (0.73–1.28)
  CHW 7/103 (6.8) 1.62 (0.72–3.67) 79/106 (74.5) 0.61 (0.36–1.03) 91/106 (85.8) 0.67 (0.35–1.30) 69/108 (63.9) 1.32 (0.85–2.07)
 South Africa
  HFS 8/159 (5) 1 [0.074] 108/153 (70.6) 1 [0.344] 75/147 (51) 1 [0.287] 36/162 (22.2) 1 [<0.001]
  CHiP 6/181 (3.3) 0.55 (0.18–1.66) 119/162 (73.5) 1.27 (0.79–2.05) 83/157 (52.9) 0.96 (0.62–1.48) 58/178 (32.6) 2.10 (1.28–3.46)
  CHW 10/95 (10.5) 2.58 (1.01–6.57) 58/91 (63.7) 0.89 (0.52–1.51) 51/90 (56.7) 1.20 (0.72–1.99) 42/96 (43.8) 3.07 (1.78–5.31)
(Key population) engage in irresponsible behaviors
 Zambia
  HFS 152/528 (28.8) 1 [<0.001] 432/523 (82.6) 1 [0.001] 387/500 (77.4) 1 [0.170] 237/517 (45.8) 1 [<0.001]
  CHiP 105/373 (28.2) 0.96 (0.71–1.31) 302/373 (81) 0.92 (0.64–1.32) 287/366 (78.4) 0.98 (0.70–1.38) 203/371 (54.7) 1.33 (1.01–1.75)
  CHW 40/103 (38.8) 1.45 (0.91–2.32) 88/106 (83) 1.13 (0.62–2.05) 87/106 (82.1) 1.10 (0.62–1.95) 73/108 (67.6) 2.15 (1.36–3.40)
 South Africa
  HFS 47/159 (29.6) 1 [<0.001] 92/153 (60.1) 1 [0.049] 79/147 (53.7) 1 [0.010] 63/162 (38.9) 1 [0.366]
  CHiP 36/181 (19.9) 0.67 (0.40–1.13) 93/162 (57.4) 0.94 (0.59–1.50) 67/157 (42.7) 0.80 (0.51–1.28) 60/178 (33.7) 0.86 (0.54–1.35)
  CHW 31/95 (32.6) 1.44 (0.83–2.51) 55/91 (60.4) 0.93 (0.55–1.59) 43/90 (47.8) 0.80 (0.47–1.35) 37/96 (38.5) 1.09 (0.65–1.82)
Other people deserve access to health services more than (key population)
 Zambia
  HFS 90/528 (17) 1 [0.020] 61/523 (11.7) 1 [0.018] 68/500 (13.6) 1 [0.017] 76/517 (14.7) 1 [0.088]
  CHiP 91/373 (24.4) 1.64 (1.17–2.31) 69/373 (18.5) 1.78 (1.21–2.62) 64/366 (17.5) 1.38 (0.94–2.03) 61/371 (16.4) 1.16 (0.79–1.70)
  CHW 30/103 (29.1) 2.23 (1.35–3.70) 22/106 (20.8) 2.04 (1.16–3.60) 28/106 (26.4) 2.42 (1.42–4.13) 27/108 (25) 1.95 (1.15–3.33)
 South Africa
  HFS 22/159 (13.8) 1 [0.001] 14/153 (9.2) 1 [0.002] 15/147 (10.2) 1 [0.106] 20/162 (12.3) 1 [0.020]
  CHiP 51/181 (28.2) 2.71 (1.53–4.82) 27/162 (16.7) 2.52 (1.26–5.04) 27/157 (17.2) 2.18 (1.09–4.32) 36/178 (20.2) 1.75 (0.97–3.15)
  CHW 32/95 (33.7) 3.54 (1.90–6.58) 25/91 (27.5) 3.88 (1.90–7.92) 20/90 (22.2) 2.90 (1.40–5.97) 23/96 (24) 2.46 (1.30–4.64)
If I had a choice, I would prefer not to provide services to (key population)
 Zambia
  HFS 37/528 (7) 1 [0.492] 39/523 (7.5) 1 [0.123] 53/500 (10.6) 1 [0.165] 27/517 (5.2) 1 [0.210]
  CHiP 20/373 (5.4) 0.84 (0.48–1.48) 24/373 (6.4) 0.95 (0.55–1.63) 33/366 (9) 0.90 (0.56–1.43) 9/371 (2.4) 0.45 (0.20–0.98)
  CHW 7/103 (6.8) 1.06 (0.45–2.50) 17/106 (16) 2.51 (1.27–4.95) 20/106 (18.9) 2.01 (1.08–3.73) 8/108 (7.4) 1.41 (0.57–3.48)
 South Africa
  HFS 4/159 (2.5) 1 [<0.001] 11/153 (7.2) 1 [0.004] 9/147 (6.1) 1 [0.128] 10/162 (6.2) 1 [0.014]
  CHiP 8/181 (4.4) 1.27 (0.38–4.23) 11/162 (6.8) 0.92 (0.39–2.15) 11/157 (7) 1.02 (0.42–2.47) 11/178 (6.2) 1.09 (0.45–2.63)
  CHW 13/95 (13.7) 8.74 (2.85–26.77) 16/91 (17.6) 2.90 (1.29–6.49) 15/90 (16.7) 3.38 (1.46–7.83) 12/96 (12.5) 2.90 (1.23–6.84)

HFS is the reference category with overall padj value of the model presented in brackets.

*

Adjusted for sex, age, and triplet.

pm Value for model.

aOR, adjusted odds ratio; CIs, confidence intervals; CHiP, community HIV care provider; CHW, community-based health worker; HFS, health facility staff; MSM, men who have sex with men; PLHIV, people living with HIV.

p-Values marked in bold indicate numbers that are significant on the 95% confidence limit.