HIV and AIDS Program, Population Council, Washington, DC, USA.
Population Council, 4301 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 280, Washington, DC, 20008, USA.
AIDS Behav. 2019 Sep;23(Suppl 2):162-171. doi: 10.1007/s10461-019-02603-8.
How does the endorsement of different dimensions of gender norms by men and/or women influence their use of HIV testing and antiretroviral treatment? This question was examined using data from a 2014 population-based survey of 1053 women and 1004 men, ages 18-49, in rural South Africa. We used a global measure for views toward gender norms (the GEM Scale), plus four subsets of scale items (all reliabilities ≥ 0.7). In multivariate analyses using the global measure, endorsement of inequitable gender norms was associated with more testing (AOR 2.47, p < 0.01) and less treatment use (AOR 0.15, p < 0.01) among women but not men. When examining specific subsets of inequitable norms (e.g., endorsing men as the primary decision-maker), decreased odds of treatment use was found for men as well (AOR 0.18, p < 0.01). Careful attention to the role specific gender norms play in HIV service uptake can yield useful programmatic recommendations.
男性和/或女性对不同性别规范维度的认可如何影响他们对 HIV 检测和抗逆转录病毒治疗的使用?本研究使用了南非农村地区 2014 年一项基于人群的调查中 1053 名女性和 1004 名 18-49 岁男性的数据来检验这一问题。我们使用了一个衡量性别规范观点的全球指标(GEM 量表),以及该量表的四个子集(所有信度均≥0.7)。在使用全球指标的多变量分析中,不平等性别规范的认可与女性中更多的检测(AOR 2.47,p<0.01)和较少的治疗使用(AOR 0.15,p<0.01)相关,但与男性无关。当检查不平等规范的具体子集(例如,认可男性是主要决策者)时,也发现男性接受治疗的可能性降低(AOR 0.18,p<0.01)。关注特定性别规范在 HIV 服务利用中所起的作用,可以为项目提供有用的建议。
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