Human Immune Deficiency Virus Serostatus and Associated Factors Among Children of Adult Index Cases in Northern Ethiopia

Medhin Mehari,1 Meresa Gebremedhin Weldu,2 Teklit Angesom,2 Hagos Degefa Hidru,1 Hirut Teame,1 Haftay Gebremedhin,1 Yonas Angaw,1 Embay Amare Alemseged1 1Adigrat University College of Medicine and Health Science, Department of Public Health, Adigrat, Tigrai, Ethiopia; 2Aksum University College of Me...

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Autores principales:	Mehari M, Weldu MG, Angesom T, Hidru HD, Teame H, Gebremedhin H, Angaw Y, Alemseged EA
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:2bbcd6616e0043179125ce54eb90f3c92021-12-02T17:49:10ZHuman Immune Deficiency Virus Serostatus and Associated Factors Among Children of Adult Index Cases in Northern Ethiopia1179-1373https://doaj.org/article/2bbcd6616e0043179125ce54eb90f3c92021-06-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.dovepress.com/human-immune-deficiency-virus-serostatus-and-associated-factors-among--peer-reviewed-fulltext-article-HIVhttps://doaj.org/toc/1179-1373Medhin Mehari,1 Meresa Gebremedhin Weldu,2 Teklit Angesom,2 Hagos Degefa Hidru,1 Hirut Teame,1 Haftay Gebremedhin,1 Yonas Angaw,1 Embay Amare Alemseged1 1Adigrat University College of Medicine and Health Science, Department of Public Health, Adigrat, Tigrai, Ethiopia; 2Aksum University College of Medicine and Health Science, Department of Public Health, Aksum, Tigrai, EthiopiaCorrespondence: Medhin Mehari Tel +251914194266Email medhinmehari493@gmail.comIntroduction: Children whose parents with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and family of index clients are at high risk of HIV infection. Family testing is an efficient and effective way of identifying children’s HIV. The number of children becoming newly infected with HIV remains unacceptably high. This study is to assess human immune deficiency, virus serostatus, and associated factors among children of adult index cases in central Tigrai, Northern Ethiopia, 2019.Methods: An institution-based cross-sectional study design was conducted to select a total of 454 index cases from February 01 to April 30, 2019. Data were collected from adult clients on antiretroviral treatment who have children using administered questionnaires and data extraction from the hospital antiretroviral register. Simple random sampling was used to select the index cases using the medical record number. Binary logistic regression analysis, odds ratio, and 95% confidence interval were used to determine the strength of association between dependent and independent variables. Statistical significance was declared a P-value < 0.05.Results: The prevalence of HIV in children from family index case testing was 8.9% with 95% CI (6.5– 11.6). Female index clients [AOR=0.18, 95% CI: 06-0.55], the age of the child [AOR=0.86, 95% CI: 0.76, 0.97], importance of HIV testing [AOR=5.20, 95% CI: 2.2011.96], and discussion HIV testing [AOR=3.22, 95% CI: 1.5– 16.84]. Participants who did not discuss HIV were 3.2 more likely have HIV positive child than who discussed with family members.Conclusion: The majority of the index clients test their children, but the prevalence rate of HIV in children from family index case testing is high. Strategies should be developed on how to communicate with household members about HIV.Keywords: HIV serostatus, human immunodeficiency virus, HIV index case, HIV in children, antiretroviral therapy, ART, HIV/AIDSMehari MWeldu MGAngesom THidru HDTeame HGebremedhin HAngaw YAlemseged EADove Medical Pressarticlehiv sero-statushuman immunodeficiency virushiv index casehiv in childrenantiretroviral therapyarthiv/aidsImmunologic diseases. AllergyRC581-607ENHIV/AIDS: Research and Palliative Care, Vol Volume 13, Pp 699-707 (2021)
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topic	hiv sero-status human immunodeficiency virus hiv index case hiv in children antiretroviral therapy art hiv/aids Immunologic diseases. Allergy RC581-607
spellingShingle	hiv sero-status human immunodeficiency virus hiv index case hiv in children antiretroviral therapy art hiv/aids Immunologic diseases. Allergy RC581-607 Mehari M Weldu MG Angesom T Hidru HD Teame H Gebremedhin H Angaw Y Alemseged EA Human Immune Deficiency Virus Serostatus and Associated Factors Among Children of Adult Index Cases in Northern Ethiopia
description	Medhin Mehari,1 Meresa Gebremedhin Weldu,2 Teklit Angesom,2 Hagos Degefa Hidru,1 Hirut Teame,1 Haftay Gebremedhin,1 Yonas Angaw,1 Embay Amare Alemseged1 1Adigrat University College of Medicine and Health Science, Department of Public Health, Adigrat, Tigrai, Ethiopia; 2Aksum University College of Medicine and Health Science, Department of Public Health, Aksum, Tigrai, EthiopiaCorrespondence: Medhin Mehari Tel +251914194266Email medhinmehari493@gmail.comIntroduction: Children whose parents with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and family of index clients are at high risk of HIV infection. Family testing is an efficient and effective way of identifying children’s HIV. The number of children becoming newly infected with HIV remains unacceptably high. This study is to assess human immune deficiency, virus serostatus, and associated factors among children of adult index cases in central Tigrai, Northern Ethiopia, 2019.Methods: An institution-based cross-sectional study design was conducted to select a total of 454 index cases from February 01 to April 30, 2019. Data were collected from adult clients on antiretroviral treatment who have children using administered questionnaires and data extraction from the hospital antiretroviral register. Simple random sampling was used to select the index cases using the medical record number. Binary logistic regression analysis, odds ratio, and 95% confidence interval were used to determine the strength of association between dependent and independent variables. Statistical significance was declared a P-value < 0.05.Results: The prevalence of HIV in children from family index case testing was 8.9% with 95% CI (6.5– 11.6). Female index clients [AOR=0.18, 95% CI: 06-0.55], the age of the child [AOR=0.86, 95% CI: 0.76, 0.97], importance of HIV testing [AOR=5.20, 95% CI: 2.2011.96], and discussion HIV testing [AOR=3.22, 95% CI: 1.5– 16.84]. Participants who did not discuss HIV were 3.2 more likely have HIV positive child than who discussed with family members.Conclusion: The majority of the index clients test their children, but the prevalence rate of HIV in children from family index case testing is high. Strategies should be developed on how to communicate with household members about HIV.Keywords: HIV serostatus, human immunodeficiency virus, HIV index case, HIV in children, antiretroviral therapy, ART, HIV/AIDS
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author	Mehari M Weldu MG Angesom T Hidru HD Teame H Gebremedhin H Angaw Y Alemseged EA
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title	Human Immune Deficiency Virus Serostatus and Associated Factors Among Children of Adult Index Cases in Northern Ethiopia
title_short	Human Immune Deficiency Virus Serostatus and Associated Factors Among Children of Adult Index Cases in Northern Ethiopia
title_full	Human Immune Deficiency Virus Serostatus and Associated Factors Among Children of Adult Index Cases in Northern Ethiopia
title_fullStr	Human Immune Deficiency Virus Serostatus and Associated Factors Among Children of Adult Index Cases in Northern Ethiopia
title_full_unstemmed	Human Immune Deficiency Virus Serostatus and Associated Factors Among Children of Adult Index Cases in Northern Ethiopia
title_sort	human immune deficiency virus serostatus and associated factors among children of adult index cases in northern ethiopia
publisher	Dove Medical Press
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/2bbcd6616e0043179125ce54eb90f3c9
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Human Immune Deficiency Virus Serostatus and Associated Factors Among Children of Adult Index Cases in Northern Ethiopia

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