Table 2:
HIV knowledge among people living with HIV who previously disengaged from antiretroviral therapy (n=102)
| Question | No N (%) |
Yes N (%) |
Unknown N (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
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| HIV knowledge questions (n=15) | |||
| What causes HIV? | |||
| A virus | 4 (4) | 94 (92) | 4 (4) |
| Witchcraft | 96 (94) | 4 (4) | 2 (2) |
| Drinking alcohol | 93 (91) | 5 (5) | 4 (4) |
| Smoking cigarettes | 95 (93) | 4 (4) | 3 (3) |
| Being poor | 95 (93) | 5 (5) | 2 (2) |
| Punishment from God | 92 (90) | 6 (6) | 4 (4) |
| Punishment from the ancestors | 96 (94) | 3 (3) | 3 (3) |
| How is HIV spread? | |||
| Unprotected sex | 0 (0) | 102 (100) | 0 (0) |
| Sharing clothes | 90 (88) | 5 (5) | 7 (7) |
| Mother during childbirth | 10 (10) | 76 (75) | 16 (16) |
| Breastmilk | 9 (9) | 81 (79) | 12 (12) |
| Eating food prepared by a person with HIV | 93 (91) | 4 (4) | 5 (5) |
| Getting pricked by needle that has HIV infected blood | 7 (7) | 92 (90) | 3 (3) |
| HIV treatment can prevent me from giving HIV to my partner | 51 (50) | 34 (33) | 17 (17) |
| Using condoms can prevent HIV spread | 1 (1) | 97 (95) | 4 (4) |
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| HIV is treatable | 11 (11) | 85 (83) | 6 (6) |
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| HIV is curable | 76 (75) | 11 (11) | 14 (14) |
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| ART reduces the risk of getting sick from TB | 18 (18) | 49 (48) | 35 (34) |
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| If you have HIV, there is a high risk of getting TB | 5 (5) | 71 (70) | 26 (25) |
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| If you take ART you will not get sick with TB for some time | 18 (18) | 27 (26) | 57 (56) |
Correct answers noted in bolded font.