Department of Economics, Laval University, Canada.
Department of Information and Communication, Laval University, Canada.
Sex Reprod Healthc. 2019 Oct;21:1-8. doi: 10.1016/j.srhc.2019.04.004. Epub 2019 Apr 27.
Although HIV awareness is an important prerequisite for successful HIV prevention, the rate of HIV testing and knowledge about HIV remains critically low among adolescents in Uganda. Using Uganda's 2016 Demographic and Health Surveys, this paper investigates the linkage between mass media exposure and HIV awareness among adolescents aged between 15 and 19 years old. We perform multivariate regressions to estimate the effect of mass media (print media, radio and TV) exposure on adolescents' awareness focusing on HIV testing and HIV-related knowledge. Results suggest that the frequency of exposure to mass media increases both adolescents' likelihood to get tested for HIV and their HIV-related knowledge score. These findings imply that health educators and HIV programme planners in Uganda should take advantage of traditional mass media and deliver more HIV-related messages through television, radio, and print media in order to enhance the levels of HIV testing and HIV-related knowledge among adolescents.
尽管艾滋病意识是成功预防艾滋病的重要前提，但在乌干达青少年中，艾滋病检测率和艾滋病知识仍然极低。本文利用乌干达 2016 年人口与健康调查的数据，研究了大众媒体接触与青少年艾滋病意识之间的联系，重点关注了 15 至 19 岁青少年的艾滋病检测意识和艾滋病相关知识。我们通过多元回归分析，估计了大众媒体（印刷媒体、广播和电视）接触对青少年进行艾滋病检测和艾滋病相关知识的影响。结果表明，接触大众媒体的频率增加了青少年进行艾滋病检测的可能性，也提高了他们的艾滋病相关知识得分。这些发现表明，乌干达的健康教育工作者和艾滋病规划者应该利用传统大众媒体，通过电视、广播和印刷媒体传递更多的艾滋病相关信息，以提高青少年的艾滋病检测率和艾滋病相关知识水平。
