scholarly journals Socio-Economic Status, HIV/AIDS Knowledge and Stigma, and Sexual Behavior in India

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pedro de Araujo
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Behavior ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Socio Economic Status ◽  
Aids Knowledge ◽  
Hiv Aids

Socio-economic status and HIV/AIDS stigma in Tanzania

AIDS Care ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 378-382 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mbaraka Amuri ◽  
Steve Mitchell ◽  
Anne Cockcroft ◽  
Neil Andersson
Keyword(s):  
Economic Status ◽  
Socio Economic Status ◽  
Aids Stigma ◽  
Hiv Aids

Mortality due to HIV/AIDS in Viet Nam: time trend and related socio-economic status in some populations and periods from 2005 to 2014

AIDS Care ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 32 (7) ◽  
pp. 843-849
Author(s):  
Ngoan Tran Le ◽  
Thuong Van Nguyen ◽  
Huong Thuy Nguyen ◽  
Shunya Ikeda
Keyword(s):  
Time Trend ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Viet Nam ◽  
Socio Economic Status ◽  
Hiv Aids

scholarly journals Pressure cooker ownership and food security in Aurangabad, India

2011 ◽  
Vol 15 (5) ◽  
pp. 818-826 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sabine L van Elsland ◽  
Marinka van der Hoeven ◽  
Shubhangini Joshi ◽  
Colleen M Doak ◽  
Maiza Campos Ponce
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Urban Setting ◽  
Household Food Security ◽  
People Living With Hiv ◽  
Cooking Fuel ◽  
Socio Economic Status ◽  
Household Food ◽  
Home Gardening ◽  
Hiv Aids

AbstractObjectiveTo explore associations between household food security and home gardening, use of soya and pressure cooker ownership in low-income households affected by HIV/AIDS in Aurangabad, India.DesignCross-sectional pilot study which assessed household food security using the validated US Department of Agriculture's food security core-module questionnaire. Questions were added to explore household environment, education, occupation, home gardening, use of soya and pressure cooker ownership. Households with very lowv. low food security were compared using logistic regression analysis, controlling for confounding by socio-economic status.SettingAurangabad is an urban setting situated in a primarily agricultural dependent area. The study was carried out in 2008, at the peak of the global food crisis.SubjectsAdult caregivers of children affiliated with the Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS in Aurangabad.ResultsAll except for one of 133 households were identified as food insecure (99·2 %). Of these households, 35·6 % had to cut size or skip a meal in the past 30 d. Households that cut meal size due to cooking fuel shortages were more likely to have very low food security (OR = 4·67; 95 % CI 1·62, 13·44) compared with households having no cooking fuel shortages. Owning a pressure cooker was shown to be protective against very low food security after controlling for confounding by socio-economic status (OR = 0·27; 95 % CI 0·11, 0·64).ConclusionsOnly pressure cooker ownership showed a protective association with low household food security. Pressure cookers save household fuel costs. Therefore, future interventions should explore pressure cookers as a sustainable means of improving household food security.

scholarly journals Comprehensive HIV/AIDS Knowledge and Sexual Behavior among University Students in Ambo, Central Ethiopia: Implication to Improve Intervention

2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zekariyas Sahile ◽  
Mulugeta Mekuria ◽  
Abenezer Yared
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Behavior ◽  
University Students ◽  
Risky Sexual Behavior ◽  
Transmitted Disease ◽  
Intervention Group ◽  
Comprehensive Knowledge ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Comparative Group ◽  
Aids Knowledge ◽  
Hiv Aids

Background. Ethiopia has one of the lowest HIV prevalence rates in East Africa, but there are still more than one million people estimated to be living with HIV in Ethiopia. This study was aimed at assessing the comprehensive HIV/AIDS knowledge and sexual behavior among university students. Methodology. A cross-sectional comparative study was done with quantitative and qualitative data collection with a stratified sampling technique. The quantitative data were edited, coded, entered, and analyzed using SPSS software version 20. Result. Both comprehensive knowledge of HIV/AIDS transmission and prevention method were higher in the intervention group (75.8% and 48.5%) than comparative group (68.6% and 42.5%) which had a significant difference (P<0.05). Life time sexual intercourse was higher in the intervention group (40.8%) as compared to the comparative group (34.6%). But sexual condom utilization in the past 12 months was higher in the intervention group (73.2%) as compared to the comparative group (56.9%) which had a significant difference (P<0.05). Similarly, history of sexual transmitted disease report was higher in the comparative group (6.3%) as compared to the intervention (4.6%). Among sexual experience respondents in the last 12 months, 32% of them in the intervention and 35.5% of them in the comparative group have had multiple sexual partners. Conclusion. The intervention group had higher comprehensive knowledge of HIV/AIDS and condom utilization. But a higher percentage of students were engaged in risky sexual behavior. Therefore, emphasis should be given on designing different strategy to reduce risky sexual behavior and increase comprehensive HIV/AIDS knowledge.

scholarly journals A study on depression in people living with HIV/AIDS in South-West part of Uttar Pradesh, India

2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 12-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Preeti Rai ◽  
Babu L Verma
Keyword(s):  
Risky Sexual Behavior ◽  
Rating Scale ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Uttar Pradesh ◽  
Control Group ◽  
People Living With Hiv ◽  
Depression And Anxiety ◽  
Hiv Patients ◽  
Socio Economic Status ◽  
Hiv Aids

HIV/AIDS and depression are often thought to be interlinked. HIV positive cases may trigger symptoms of depression which, in turn, may result in risky sexual behavior and spread of HIV. Interviews were conducted in 104 patients of HIV/AIDS at the Anti-Retroviral Therapy (ART) Clinic of a teaching hospital in Uttar Pradesh (India) to study depression and examine its prevalence and association, if any, with some socio-demographic and clinical variables. The tools used to assess anxiety and depression and their severities were General Health Questionnaire (GHQ) 28 and Montgomery-Asberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS) . The majority of patients were of age 35 years & above (62%), males (67%), married (85%), Hindus (88%), literate (73.1%), unemployed (35%) and of upper-lower socio-economic status (52%). Significant association of depression was found with religion, occupation and socio-economic status. Depression and anxiety were also found to be significantly associated with each other. There was, however, no association of depression with respondents’ age, gender, marital status, education, habitat, income, duration of illness from HIV/AIDS and the CD4 count. The high prevalence rate (67.3%) of depression amongst HIV patients in our study may be taken as marker to alert Counsellors of country’s ART Clinics for possible risk of depression in HIV patients. The above findings however, should be interpreted in the light of the fact that a parallel control group in the study was not included, studied sample was not large enough and the tools used to study the subjects for depression and anxiety were not adequately standardized.South East Asia Journal of Public Health Vol.5(1) 2015: 12-17

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