Faculty of Nursing, Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya, Indonesia.
School of Nursing and Midwifery, La Trobe University Australia.
Afr Health Sci. 2020 Mar;20(1):83-90. doi: 10.4314/ahs.v20i1.13.
Women are a highly vulnerable population for HIV-infection, influenced by biological, cultural, social and economic factors. Inadequate knowledge about the risk for exposure to HIV will impact the prevention and treatment of HIV.
The aim of this study was to examine HIV-related knowledge among women in Indonesia and the associated demographic determinants that influence their access to accurate HIV-related information.
This was a secondary analysis of the Indonesia Demographic and Health Survey in 2012. Level of HIV-related knowledge was determined by analyzing nine items on the 2012 IDHS instrument.
The percentage of women in Indonesia between the ages of 15 and 49 years of age, more than half (53.6%) had high score of HIV-related knowledge. The results from logistic regression showed that women aged 30-34 years old had 2.2 times higher knowledge level about HIV compared to older women. Married women, living in rural area, with a lower level of education, reported to have limited or no access to HIV related information; thus, had a correspondingly lower knowledge level of HIV.
Study findings underscore the lack of knowledge-level among Indonesian women about HIV, especially the prevention, transmission, and prevention mother to child transmission (PMCT).
女性是 HIV 感染的高风险人群，受生物、文化、社会和经济因素的影响。对 HIV 暴露风险的了解不足将影响 HIV 的预防和治疗。
本研究旨在检查印度尼西亚妇女的 HIV 相关知识，以及影响她们获得准确 HIV 相关信息的相关人口统计学决定因素。
这是 2012 年印度尼西亚人口与健康调查的二次分析。通过分析 2012 年 IDHS 工具上的九个项目来确定 HIV 相关知识的水平。
印度尼西亚年龄在 15 至 49 岁之间的女性中，超过一半（53.6%）具有较高的 HIV 相关知识得分。逻辑回归的结果表明，30-34 岁的女性比年龄较大的女性对 HIV 的了解程度高 2.2 倍。已婚妇女、居住在农村地区、受教育程度较低的妇女报告说，她们获取 HIV 相关信息的机会有限或没有，因此 HIV 知识水平相应较低。
研究结果强调了印度尼西亚妇女对 HIV 的知识水平不足，特别是对预防、传播和预防母婴传播（PMCT）的了解不足。
