| Titre : | Risk behaviours and AIDS knowledge in a rural community of Senegal : Relationship with sources of AIDS information. (1998) |
| Auteurs : | E. Lagarde ; C. ENEL ; G. Pison |
| Type de document : | Article |
| Dans : | International journal of epidemiology (vol. 27, n° 5, 1998) |
| Pagination : | 890-896 |
| Langues: | Anglais |
| Mots-clés : | Sida ; Virose ; Infection ; Comportement sexuel ; Evaluation des connaissances ; Connaissance ; Epidémiologie ; Facteur risque ; Evaluation ; Homme ; Prévention santé ; Sénégal ; Afrique ; Questionnaire ; Immunopathologie |
| Résumé : | [BDSP. Notice produite par INIST ZYR0xo2N. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. Background The objective of this paper is to describe sources of information on HIV/AIDS and their relationship with AIDS-related knowledge and sexual behaviour in a rural area of south Senegal. Methods A cross-sectional study using a standardized questionnaire was administered in 1994 by local interviewers to 240 men and 242 women aged 15-59 years, randomly selected from the general population. Results Sources of HIV/AIDS information most frequently cited were radio for men (61% of men) and the local health centre for women (52% of women). Among men, citing radio as a source of information was associated with an improved overall AIDS-related knowledge (a seven-questions based average score was 4.30 for men citing radio acquired information and 5.90 for men not citing radio acquired information ; P<10-4) and was associated with a smaller number of casual sexual partners in the 12 months preceding the interview (1.94 versus 1.48 ; P=0.04). Women citing the local health centre as a source of HIV/AIDS information had a better perception of condom use and more often felt threatened by HIV/AIDS, but did not declare a significantly different number of casual sex partners in the 12 months preceding the interview. Television as a source was cited by 42% of men and 33% of women and was associated with an increased AIDS-knowledge score for men, with a smaller number of casual sex partners for women and with better perception of condoms for men. (...) |
Service Documentation EHESP
Me connecter
PORTAIL DOCUMENTAIRE
École des hautes études en santé publique
Catalogue
Multi-bases
Accueil
Sélection de la langue
Adresse
Service Documentation EHESPBibliothèque Rennes Avenue du Professeur Léon Bernard – CS 74312 – 35043 Rennes Cedex Bibliothèque MSSH Paris 20 avenue George Sand - 93210 La Plaine Saint-Denis
France
Bibliothèque Rennes : 02 99 02 29 50 Bibliothèque MSSH Paris : 02 99 02 24 50
contact