Knowledge and determinants of women’s knowledge on vertical transmission of HIV and AIDS in South Africa

AIDS Research and Therapy

Susanna Aba Abraham¹  Eugene Kofuor Maafo Darteh²  Abdul-Aziz Seidu³  Vijay Kumar Chattu⁴  Sanni Yaya⁵ 

[1] Department of Adult Health, School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana;Department of Population and Health, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana;Department of Population and Health, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana;College of Public Health, Medical and Veterinary Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD, Australia;Department of Estate Management, Takoradi Technical University, Takoradi, Ghana;Division of Occupational Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON CanadaON, Canada;Department of Public Health, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Saveetha University, Chennai, India;School of International Development and Global Studies, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada;The George Institute for Global Health, Imperial College London, London, UK;

关键词: Knowledge;    PMTCT;    HIV/AIDS;    Women;    South Africa;    Public Health;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12981-021-00367-7

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundHIV/AIDS is still one of the major public health concerns globally. It is one of the major contributory causes of deaths among women in the reproductive age (15–49 years) and has resulted in about 14 million orphaned children globally. Knowledge of Mother-to Child transmission is one of the strategies to fight against HIV. This study, therefore, sought to assess the knowledge and determinants of women’s knowledge on vertical transmission of HIV and AIDS in their reproductive age in South Africa.MethodsData were obtained from the South Africa Demographic and Health Survey (SADHS) 2016. Both descriptive (frequencies and percentages) and inferential analysis (multilevel mixed-effects complementary log–log regression model) were conducted and the statistical significance was set at p < 0.05.ResultsThe prevalence of knowledge of mother to child transmission of HIV and AIDS during pregnancy, delivery, breastfeeding and at least knowledge of one source are 87.0%, 81.1%, 80.3% and 91.4% respectively. At the individual level, those with secondary [AOR = 1.28, CI = 1.04,1.57] and higher [AOR = 1.55, CI = 1.21,1.99], those who read newspaper less than once a week [AOR = 1.16, CI = [1.05,1.28], at least once a week [AOR = 1.14, CI = 1.04,1.25], and those who listen to the radio less than once a week [AOR = 1.22, CI = 1.03,1.43] had higher odds of knowledge on MTCT of HIV and AIDS. However, those with parity 0 [AOR = 0.73, CI = [0.63,0.85] had lower odds of knowledge of MTCT of HIV and AIDS compared with those with parity 4 or more. At the contextual level, those in the poorest wealth quintile [AOR = 0.82,CI = 0.69,0.97] had lower odds of having knowledge of MTCT of HIV and AIDS. Those in the urban areas [AOR = 1.17, CI = [1.04,1.31], those in Limpopo [AOR = 1.35, CI = [1.12,1.64], Gauteng [AOR = 1.35, CI = [1.12,1.62] and North west[AOR = 1.49, CI = [1.22,1.81] had higher odds of knowledge of mother to child transmission of HIV and AIDS.ConclusionThe study has demonstrated that there is relatively high knowledge of mother to child transmission of HIV and AIDS in South Africa. The factors associated with the knowledge are educational level, exposure to mass media, parity, wealth status, place of residence and the region of residence. To further increase the knowledge, it is imperative to adopt various messages and target respondents in different part of SSA through the mass media channels. This should be done taking cognizant of the rural–urban variations and socio-economic status.

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