Knowledge, Awareness and Attitudes Related to HIV/AIDS Among Urban and Rural Married Women Belonging to an Ethnic Population of India

The present study compares knowledge, awareness and attitudes related to HIV/AIDS between 645 urban and 499 rural women aged between 20-45 years belonging to Rajbanshi ethnic population of North Bengal, India using multi-stage random sampling method. Data related to knowledge, awareness and attitude...

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Autores principales:	Susmita Roy, Nitish Mondal, Moumita Chatterjee, Jaydip Sen
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Publicado:	Light House Polyclinic Mangalore 2021
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:2dcad7e705ba4887a341f45681334b882021-11-12T07:27:47ZKnowledge, Awareness and Attitudes Related to HIV/AIDS Among Urban and Rural Married Women Belonging to an Ethnic Population of India0972-5997https://doaj.org/article/2dcad7e705ba4887a341f45681334b882021-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.ojhas.org/issue79/2021-3-4.htmlhttps://doaj.org/toc/0972-5997The present study compares knowledge, awareness and attitudes related to HIV/AIDS between 645 urban and 499 rural women aged between 20-45 years belonging to Rajbanshi ethnic population of North Bengal, India using multi-stage random sampling method. Data related to knowledge, awareness and attitudes related to HIV/AIDS was recorded using a pre-structured questionnaire and open-ended interviews. Data were statistically analysed using chi-square analysis, regression analysis and principal component analysis (PCA) using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (version 16.0) and R (version 4.0.0). Results of PCA analysis showed that significant differences existed in the knowledge, awareness and attitudes related to HIV/AIDS between the rural and urban women (p<0.05). Comprehensive knowledge, awareness and attitudes related to HIV/AIDS were significantly higher among urban women, as compared to rural. Efforts are required by the local bodies, non-governmental agencies and the government to create awareness towards HIV/IDS, especially among the rural population. The comprehensive knowledge gap and misconception must be eradicated in order to reduce the relative risks of disease transmission in community or population level.Susmita RoyNitish MondalMoumita ChatterjeeJaydip SenLight House Polyclinic Mangalore articlehiv/aidsindiarajbanshiurbanrural principal componentMedicineRENOnline Journal of Health & Allied Sciences, Vol 20, Iss 3 (2021)
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description	The present study compares knowledge, awareness and attitudes related to HIV/AIDS between 645 urban and 499 rural women aged between 20-45 years belonging to Rajbanshi ethnic population of North Bengal, India using multi-stage random sampling method. Data related to knowledge, awareness and attitudes related to HIV/AIDS was recorded using a pre-structured questionnaire and open-ended interviews. Data were statistically analysed using chi-square analysis, regression analysis and principal component analysis (PCA) using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (version 16.0) and R (version 4.0.0). Results of PCA analysis showed that significant differences existed in the knowledge, awareness and attitudes related to HIV/AIDS between the rural and urban women (p<0.05). Comprehensive knowledge, awareness and attitudes related to HIV/AIDS were significantly higher among urban women, as compared to rural. Efforts are required by the local bodies, non-governmental agencies and the government to create awareness towards HIV/IDS, especially among the rural population. The comprehensive knowledge gap and misconception must be eradicated in order to reduce the relative risks of disease transmission in community or population level.
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title	Knowledge, Awareness and Attitudes Related to HIV/AIDS Among Urban and Rural Married Women Belonging to an Ethnic Population of India
title_short	Knowledge, Awareness and Attitudes Related to HIV/AIDS Among Urban and Rural Married Women Belonging to an Ethnic Population of India
title_full	Knowledge, Awareness and Attitudes Related to HIV/AIDS Among Urban and Rural Married Women Belonging to an Ethnic Population of India
title_fullStr	Knowledge, Awareness and Attitudes Related to HIV/AIDS Among Urban and Rural Married Women Belonging to an Ethnic Population of India
title_full_unstemmed	Knowledge, Awareness and Attitudes Related to HIV/AIDS Among Urban and Rural Married Women Belonging to an Ethnic Population of India
title_sort	knowledge, awareness and attitudes related to hiv/aids among urban and rural married women belonging to an ethnic population of india
publisher	Light House Polyclinic Mangalore
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Knowledge, Awareness and Attitudes Related to HIV/AIDS Among Urban and Rural Married Women Belonging to an Ethnic Population of India

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