Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública Sérgio Arouca. Programa de Pós-graduação de Epidemiologia em Saúde Pública. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Nacional de Infectologia Evandro Chagas. Laboratório de Pesquisa Clínica em DST e Aids. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Rev Saude Publica. 2022 Oct 10;56:87. doi: 10.11606/s1518-8787.2022056004168. eCollection 2022.
Knowledge about HIV transmission and prevention is a necessary step for adopting preventive behaviors. We assessed HIV knowledge and its correlation with the perceived accuracy of the "Undetectable = Untransmittable" (U=U) slogan in an online sample with 401 adult Brazilians. Overall, 28% of participants showed high HIV knowledge level. The perceived accuracy of the U=U slogan significantly correlated with HIV knowledge. Younger participants, those reporting lower income or lower education, or who had never tested for HIV showed poorer HIV knowledge. Filling gaps of knowledge among specific populations is urgent in order to increase preventive behaviors and decrease HIV stigma.
关于 HIV 传播和预防的知识是采取预防行为的必要步骤。我们评估了 HIV 知识及其与巴西成年人在线样本中 401 名参与者对“检测不到=不传播”(U=U)口号的感知准确性之间的相关性。总体而言,28%的参与者表现出较高的 HIV 知识水平。对 U=U 口号的感知准确性与 HIV 知识显著相关。较年轻的参与者、收入较低或教育程度较低的参与者,或从未接受过 HIV 检测的参与者,其 HIV 知识较差。为了增加预防行为和减少 HIV 污名化,迫切需要填补特定人群的知识空白。