Using ambient media to promote HIV/AIDS protective behaviour change

2006 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 333-359 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tahir Turk ◽  
Michael T. Ewing ◽  
Fiona J. Newton
Keyword(s):  
Behaviour Change ◽  
Ambient Media ◽  
Protective Behaviour ◽  
Hiv Aids

Predictors of consistent condom use: a hierarchical analysis of adults from Kenya, Tanzania and Trinidad

2003 ◽  
Vol 14 (9) ◽  
pp. 584-590 ◽  
Author(s):  
L R Norman
Keyword(s):  
Condom Use ◽  
Behaviour Change ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Consistent Condom ◽  
Hierarchical Regression ◽  
Consistent Condom Use ◽  
Voluntary Counseling And Testing ◽  
Protective Behaviour ◽  
Sex Partner ◽  
Hiv Aids

The two regions hardest hit by the HIV/AIDS epidemic are sub-Saharan Africa and the Caribbean. It is estimated that more than 28 million persons within these regions are currently living with HIV/AIDS. Therefore, it is imperative that more effective models of protective behaviour change be developed and implemented. Data from 4293 adults from Kenya, Tanzania and Trinidad who agreed to participate in the Voluntary Counseling and Testing Efficacy Study were examined employing hierarchical regression modelling. Only 19% reported consistent condom use with most recent sex partner. Factors associated with consistent condom use were relation to most recent sex partner, gender, study site, perceived difficulty in requesting condom use and actually making requests for condom use. Interventions that are grounded in theory and consider the relationship between the various independent variables along with the dependent variable may be more effective in promoting HIV protective behaviour change, such as consistent condom use, than current prevention efforts.

scholarly journals Knowledge of HIV/AIDS, its Sources and Behaviour Change of Undergraduate Students of Ekiti State University South West Nigeria: Implications for Counselling

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 81
Author(s):  
Anna Onoyase
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Behaviour Change ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
State University ◽  
South West ◽  
Undergraduate University Students ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Level Of Significance ◽  
Research Assistants ◽  
Hiv Aids

This research was embarked upon to find out about knowledge of HIV/AIDS, its sources and behaviour change of undergraduate university students of Ekiti State University, South west Nigeria: Implications for counselling. In order to carry out the investigation, the researcher formulated three research questions and one hypothesis to guide the investigation. The instrument used in the collection of data is “Knowledge of HIV/AIDS, its Sources and Behaviour Change Questionnaire” (KHASBCQ). The instrument that was made up of 26 items was subjected to a reliability test. The instrument was administered on 30 respondents who were not part of the main investigation. The test- retest was used to analyse the data collected from the 30 respondents. The reliability coefficient obtained was 0.87. The instrument, have language appropriateness and content validity. The investigator used 2 research assistants to administer 251 copies of the questionnaire on the respondents in the university. The research assistants retrieved 210 copies of the questionnaire from the respondents. The mean and standard deviation were used to answer the research questions and the t- test was used to test the hypothesis at 0.05 level of significance. The findings showed that the undergraduate university students have knowledge of HIV/AIDs. The sources of knowledge of HIV/AIDS by the students include: television, newspaper, friends and internet. The knowledge of HIV/AIDs by the students have led to behaviour change in them. There is behaviour change in the students because they no longer indulge in anal sex, they now have sex with only one partner, they make use of condom when having sexual intercourse. One of the recommendations is that both government and private radio networks are advised to educate the students and entire members of the society about the existence of HIV/AIDS so that they can have behaviour change such as having only one sexual partner.

scholarly journals A Mathematical Model for the Dynamics of HIV/AIDS with Gradual Behaviour Change

2006 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-26 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Baryarama ◽  
J. Y. T. Mugisha ◽  
L. S. Luboobi
Keyword(s):  
Condom Use ◽  
Behaviour Change ◽  
Adult Population ◽  
Antenatal Clinic ◽  
Reproductive Number ◽  
General Function ◽  
Force Of Infection ◽  
Dramatic Decline ◽  
Time Since Introduction ◽  
Hiv Aids

An HIV/AIDS model that incorporates gradual behaviour change is formulated with a variable force of infection for the adult population. The variability is modelled using a general function of time since introduction of the initial infective and exemplified for three specific functions. Expressions for the time taken for the reproductive number to reduce to unity and expressions for the time taken to attain a stationary steady state are deduced and discussed. Model projections for urban, peri-urban and rural Uganda are compared with corresponding antenatal clinic sites prevalence trends. The analysis shows that the dramatic decline in HIV prevalence in Uganda in the early 1990s was only possible through drastic declines in the force of infection. Since prevalence was high and reductions in frequency of sexual acts was minimal, the huge reduction could be attributed to reductions in probability of transmission per sexual act probably due to increased selective condom use among high risk sexual partnerships since overall condom use was low.

scholarly journals HIV/AIDS: sex, abstinence, and behaviour change

2005 ◽  
Vol 5 (9) ◽  
pp. 590-593 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tony Barnett ◽  
Justin Parkhurst
Keyword(s):  
Behaviour Change ◽  
Hiv Aids

HIV/AIDS KNOWLEDGE, WOMEN’S EDUCATION, EPIDEMIC SEVERITY AND PROTECTIVE SEXUAL BEHAVIOUR IN LOW- AND MIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRIES

2007 ◽  
Vol 39 (3) ◽  
pp. 421-442 ◽  
Author(s):  
DANA SNELLING ◽  
D. WALTER RASUGU OMARIBA ◽  
SUNGJIN HONG ◽  
KATHOLIKI GEORGIADES ◽  
YVONNE RACINE ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Condom Use ◽  
Sexual Behaviour ◽  
Sexual Practices ◽  
Middle Income ◽  
Middle Income Countries ◽  
Protective Behaviour ◽  
Aids Knowledge ◽  
Cross National ◽  
Low And Middle Income ◽  
Hiv Aids

Summary.A fundamental public health strategy to reduce the risk of HIV/AIDS is to increase levels of awareness and knowledge about the disease. Although knowledge about HIV/AIDS and protective sexual behaviour are linked theoretically, relatively little is known about their empirical relationship. Using Demographic and Health Survey data from 23 low- and middle-income countries, this study used multilevel logistic regression models: to examine cross-national variability in the relationship between HIV/AIDS knowledge and protective behaviour (condom use and restricted sex); to investigate the moderating influences of women’s educational attainment on this relationship; and to test the extent to which severity of the HIV/AIDS epidemic accounts for cross-national variability in the association between HIV/AIDS knowledge and protective behaviour. There was an association between increased knowledge of HIV/AIDS and condom use that varied in strength and form cross-nationally. This cross-national variation was accounted for partially by the socioeconomic characteristics of women resident in the study countries and between-country differences in the severity of the HIV epidemic. While education modified the association between HIV/AIDS knowledge and protective behaviour – stronger associations at lower levels of education – epidemic severity exerted a stronger influence on behaviour than any other characteristic. Finally, this study indicates that protective sexual practices are disturbingly low. In eight of 23 countries, overall levels of condom use to prevent STDs and HIV/AIDS were less than 5·0%. Waiting for the spread of HIV/AIDS infection to change sexual practices in low- and middle-income countries will result in dramatic unnecessary suffering.

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