Wen Yufeng, Wang Huadong, Chen Baifeng, Chen Yujuan, Zhang Tiejun, Xu Tan, Sun Wenjie
School of Public Health, Wannan Medical College, China.
Anhui Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, China.
Int J Collab Res Intern Med Public Health. 2015 Feb;7(2):13-23.
To investigate the association between the number of available information sources on HIV/AIDS and HIV/AIDS-related knowledge in a rural population in China.
We performed a cross-sectional survey on the number and types of sources of HIV/AIDS information available to rural residents of China and assessed HIV/AIDS-related knowledge in this population. We collected information from 5,355 Chinese rural residents and then correlated the results of the scores on knowledge to the numbers of information sources, and adjusted for age, sex, education and occupation.
The sources of HIV/AIDs information reported by subjects included television, radio, newspapers, periodicals, discussions with neighbors and friends. There were significant differences in sources of information based on gender, occupation, educational level and age. The average number of information sources was 3.01 ± 1.74. The average score on the AIDS related knowledge questionnaire was 8.21 ± 4.23. Subjects who reported 6 sources of HIV/AIDS information had an average score of 11.67 ± 3.0 on the HIV/AIDS knowledge questionnaire. Subjects who reported between 3-7 sources of HIV/AIDS information had significantly higher scores than those who had 1,2 or 8 sources of information.
There is an association between HIV/AIDS knowledge and the number of available information sources. By increasing the sources, one could not always make more people curious or interested in HIV/AIDS knowledge.
探讨中国农村人群中可获取的艾滋病病毒/艾滋病(HIV/AIDS)信息来源数量与HIV/AIDS相关知识之间的关联。
我们对中国农村居民可获取的HIV/AIDS信息来源的数量和类型进行了横断面调查,并评估了该人群中与HIV/AIDS相关的知识。我们收集了5355名中国农村居民的信息,然后将知识得分结果与信息来源数量进行关联,并对年龄、性别、教育程度和职业进行了调整。
受试者报告的HIV/AIDS信息来源包括电视、广播、报纸、期刊、与邻居和朋友的讨论。信息来源在性别、职业、教育水平和年龄方面存在显著差异。信息来源的平均数量为3.01±1.74。艾滋病相关知识问卷的平均得分为8.21±4.23。报告有6个HIV/AIDS信息来源的受试者在HIV/AIDS知识问卷上的平均得分为11.67±3.0。报告有3至7个HIV/AIDS信息来源的受试者得分显著高于有1、2或8个信息来源的受试者。
HIV/AIDS知识与可获取的信息来源数量之间存在关联。通过增加信息来源,并不总是能让更多人对HIV/AIDS知识产生好奇或兴趣。