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Disabled persons' knowledge of HIV prevention and access to health care prevention services in South Africa
- Source :
- AIDS care. 23(12)
- Publication Year :
- 2011
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Abstract
- The main research question in this article is how access to information about HIV/AIDS and level of HIV/AIDS prevention related knowledge are distributed among disabled people, and whether level of knowledge predicts access to HIV/AIDS related services. A survey was carried out among a sample of 285 disabled people from three provinces in South Africa. Analyses of the data revealed that gender and level of education, together with geographical differences, are key predictors for access to information and knowledge about HIV/AIDS among disabled people. For male respondents number of information sources predicts access to voluntary counselling and testing services and HIV testing, while knowledge about prevention predicts access to Voluntary Counselling and Testing centres. Significant gender differences with regards to information, knowledge and access to services highlight the need for gender specific prevention strategies among disabled people.
- Subjects :
- Program evaluation
Adult
Counseling
Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Health (social science)
Social Psychology
Adolescent
Population
Information Dissemination
Developing country
HIV Infections
Academic achievement
Health Services Accessibility
South Africa
Young Adult
Sex Factors
Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)
Nursing
Health care
medicine
Humans
Disabled Persons
education
Health Education
Aged
education.field_of_study
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
business.industry
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Middle Aged
medicine.disease
Family medicine
Health education
Female
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 13600451
- Volume :
- 23
- Issue :
- 12
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- AIDS care
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....c67d2b05afc0a3ea165c5df3a99193f6