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. 2020 Sep 8;8(9):e17646. doi: 10.2196/17646

Table 2.

Shift in correct knowledge about HIV/AIDS from baseline to the study endpoint among the key populations at risk for HIV in Indonesia.

Characteristic Men who have sex with men (n=49) Transgender women (n=49) People who use drugs (n=70)

Baseline, n (%) Endpoint, n (%) PPa change P value Baseline, n (%) Endpoint, n (%) PP change P value Baseline, n (%) Endpoint, n (%) PP change P value
Modes of transmission












Having sex with multiple partners 47 (96) 49 (100) 4 .16 45 (92) 49 (100) 2 .56 66 (94) 67 (96) 1 >.99

Having unprotected sex with an HIV-infected person 49 (100) 49 (100) 0 .32 49 (100) 49 (100) 0 .08 69 (99) 70 (100) 1 >.99

Having blood transfusion from an HIV-infected person 49 (100) 49 (100) 0 >.99 46 (96) 49 (100) 4 .50 70 (100) 70 (100) 0 .50

Sharing HIV-infected syringes or needles 49 (100) 49 (100) 0 >.99 42 (86) 46 (94) 8 .22 68 (97) 70 (100) 3 .50

From HIV-infected mother to her baby 40 (82) 48 (98) 16 .004 26 (53) 44 (90) 37 <.001 38 (54) 57 (81) 27 .003
Myths and misconceptions about HIV transmission












HIV can be contracted through mosquito bites 46 (94) 45 (92) –2 >.99 43 (88) 40 (82) –6 .51 63 (90) 67 (96) 6 .13

HIV can be contracted by sharing utensils and clothes with an HIV-infected person 44 (90) 45 (92) 2 >.99 45 (92) 49 (100) 8 .13 56 (80.0) 66 (94) 14 .01

HIV can be contracted by living and sharing a meal with an HIV-infected person 36 (92) 47 (96) 4 .63 27 (90) 48 (98) 8 .50 67 (96) 68 (97) 1 >.99

HIV can be contracted by kissing someone who is infected 39 (80) 42 (86) 6 .45 37 (76) 45 (92) 16 .008 56 (80) 63 (90) 10 .04

HIV can be contracted by using public toilets/bathrooms 46 (94) 47 (96) 2 >.99 46 (94) 47 (96) 2 >.99 63 (90) 68 (97) 7 .13
Prevention of HIV












Using condoms during sexual contact 45 (92) 45 (92) 0 >.99 44 (90) 47 (96) 6 .45 55 (79) 67 (96) 17 .004

Having sex with only one faithful and uninfected partner 41 (84) 89.8 6 .38 28 (57) 38 (78) 21 .02 46 (66) 55 (79) 13 .03

Taking injections using clean and unused syringes 36 (74) 37 (76) 2 >.99 23 (47) 29 (59) 12 .21 55 (79) 63 (90) 11 .02
HIV treatment












Heard of ARTb as a treatment of HIV 14 (40) 31 (78) 38 <.001 11 (27) 37 (84) 57 .002 34 (51) 50 (75) 24 <.001

ART can help reduce viral load 30 (61) 35 (71) 10 .56 34 (69) 35 (71) 2 .32 35 (50) 45 (64) 14 .27

ART can help improve quality of life 22 (63) 29 (73) 10 .32 29 (59) 31 (74) 15 .66 22 (31) 41 (9) 27 <.001

aPP: percentage point.

bART: antiretroviral therapy.