PMID- 15797901
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20051209
LR  - 20151119
IS  - 0957-4824 (Print)
IS  - 0957-4824 (Linking)
VI  - 20
IP  - 3
DP  - 2005 Sep
TI  - Rural women's knowledge of AIDS in the higher prevalence states of India: 
      reproductive health and sociocultural correlates.
PG  - 249-59
AB  - This study aimed to identify socio-cultural and reproductive health correlates of 
      knowledge about AIDS among rural women using multivariate analysis of 1998-1999 
      National Family Health Survey (NFHS) data from two Indian states, Maharashtra and 
      Tamil Nadu, where the urban HIV prevalence is relatively high. Analysis using 
      multiple logistic regression was undertaken, modelling women's knowledge of AIDS, 
      of whether the disease can be avoided, and of effective means of protection. 
      Although 47% of all rural women in Maharashtra were aware of AIDS only about 28% 
      knew that one can avoid it, and only about 16% possessed correct knowledge about 
      its transmission. In Tamil Nadu, where overall 82% of rural women had awareness 
      of AIDS, about 71% knew that one can avoid the disease but only about 31% 
      possessed correct knowledge about its transmission. In both states, women from 
      socially and economically backward groups had lower odds both of having awareness 
      of AIDS and knowledge of ways to avoid getting the disease. Associations with 
      socio-cultural and reproductive variables and the impact of contact with family 
      planning services differed in the two states. The spread of the epidemic to rural 
      areas presents a need actively to disseminate AIDS related knowledge for health 
      protection rather than waiting for knowledge to follow the appearance of the 
      disease in communities. Approaches to health promotion that do not consider 
      differing contextual factors are unlikely to succeed. In particular, innovative 
      strategies to disseminate knowledge among disadvantaged population groups are 
      needed.
FAU - Pallikadavath, Saseendran
AU  - Pallikadavath S
AD  - Level F(815), Princess Anne Hospital, Southampton SO16 5YA, UK.
FAU - Sanneh, Abdoulie
AU  - Sanneh A
FAU - McWhirter, Jenny M
AU  - McWhirter JM
FAU - Stones, R William
AU  - Stones RW
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20050329
PL  - England
TA  - Health Promot Int
JT  - Health promotion international
JID - 9008939
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Adult
MH  - *Cultural Characteristics
MH  - Culture
MH  - Demography
MH  - Female
MH  - HIV Infections/*epidemiology/prevention & control
MH  - *Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
MH  - Humans
MH  - India/epidemiology
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Multivariate Analysis
MH  - Prevalence
MH  - *Reproductive Medicine
MH  - *Rural Population
MH  - *Social Class
MH  - Surveys and Questionnaires
EDAT- 2005/03/31 09:00
MHDA- 2005/12/13 09:00
CRDT- 2005/03/31 09:00
PHST- 2005/03/31 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2005/12/13 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2005/03/31 09:00 [entrez]
AID - dai005 [pii]
AID - 10.1093/heapro/dai005 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Health Promot Int. 2005 Sep;20(3):249-59. doi: 10.1093/heapro/dai005. Epub 2005 
      Mar 29.