Caste- and Ethnicity-Based Inequalities in HIV/AIDS-Related Knowledge Gap: A Case of Nepal
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| Titel: | Caste- and Ethnicity-Based Inequalities in HIV/AIDS-Related Knowledge Gap: A Case of Nepal |
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| Autoren: | In Han Song, Heejin Kimm, Madhu Sudhan Atteraya |
| Weitere Verfasser: | Madhu Atteraya, HeeJin Kimm, In Han Song, Kimm, Hee Jin |
| Quelle: | Health & Social Work. 40:100-107 |
| Verlagsinformationen: | Oxford University Press (OUP), 2015. |
| Publikationsjahr: | 2015 |
| Schlagwörter: | Adult, Male, knowledge, Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice, Adolescent, HIV Infections, Young Adult, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Nepal, Humans, 10. No inequality, Health Knowledge, castes, 1. No poverty, Middle Aged, HIV Infections*/transmission, 3. Good health, Cross-Sectional Studies, Logistic Models, Socioeconomic Factors, 13. Climate action, Attitudes, Practice/ethnology, HIV Infections*/prevention & control, ethnicity, HIV/AIDS, Female |
| Beschreibung: | Caste- and ethnicity-based inequalities are major obstacles to achieving health equity. The authors investigated whether there is any association between caste- and ethnicity-based inequalities and HIV-related knowledge within caste and ethnic populations. They used the 2011 Nepal Demographic and Health Survey, a nationally represented cross-sectional study data set. The study sample consisted of 11,273 women between 15 and 49 years of age. Univariate and logistic regression models were used to examine the relationship between caste- and ethnicity-based inequalities and HIV-related knowledge. The study sample was divided into high Hindu caste (47.9 percent), "untouchable" caste (18.4 percent), and indigenous populations (33.7 percent). Within the study sample, the high-caste population was found to have the greatest knowledge of the means by which HIV is prevented and transmitted. After controlling for socioeconomic and demographic characteristics, untouchables were the least knowledgeable. The odds ratio for incomplete knowledge about transmission among indigenous populations was 1.27 times higher than that for high Hindu castes, but there was no significant difference in knowledge of preventive measures. The findings suggest the existence of a prevailing HIV knowledge gap. This in turn suggests that appropriate steps need to be implemented to convey complete knowledge to underprivileged populations. |
| Publikationsart: | Article |
| Sprache: | English |
| ISSN: | 1545-6854 0360-7283 |
| DOI: | 10.1093/hsw/hlv010 |
| Zugangs-URL: | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26027418 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26027418 https://academic.oup.com/hsw/article/40/2/100/658822 https://ir.ymlib.yonsei.ac.kr/handle/22282913/139992 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26027418/ https://www.popline.org/node/637321 https://yonsei.pure.elsevier.com/en/publications/caste-and-ethnicity-based-inequalities-in-hivaids-related-knowled |
| Rights: | CC BY NC ND |
| Dokumentencode: | edsair.doi.dedup.....4fe3d33539244e014544c6dd84a9043e |
| Datenbank: | OpenAIRE |
Nájsť tento článok vo Web of Science | Abstract: | Caste- and ethnicity-based inequalities are major obstacles to achieving health equity. The authors investigated whether there is any association between caste- and ethnicity-based inequalities and HIV-related knowledge within caste and ethnic populations. They used the 2011 Nepal Demographic and Health Survey, a nationally represented cross-sectional study data set. The study sample consisted of 11,273 women between 15 and 49 years of age. Univariate and logistic regression models were used to examine the relationship between caste- and ethnicity-based inequalities and HIV-related knowledge. The study sample was divided into high Hindu caste (47.9 percent), "untouchable" caste (18.4 percent), and indigenous populations (33.7 percent). Within the study sample, the high-caste population was found to have the greatest knowledge of the means by which HIV is prevented and transmitted. After controlling for socioeconomic and demographic characteristics, untouchables were the least knowledgeable. The odds ratio for incomplete knowledge about transmission among indigenous populations was 1.27 times higher than that for high Hindu castes, but there was no significant difference in knowledge of preventive measures. The findings suggest the existence of a prevailing HIV knowledge gap. This in turn suggests that appropriate steps need to be implemented to convey complete knowledge to underprivileged populations. |
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| ISSN: | 15456854 03607283 |
| DOI: | 10.1093/hsw/hlv010 |