Knowledge About HIV/AIDS and its Transmission and Misconception Among Women in Thailand: A Structural Equation Modelling Approach.

IF 2.5 4区医学 Q2 PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH

American Journal of Health Promotion Pub Date : 2025-02-08 DOI:10.1177/08901171251318845

Jahar Bhowmik, Lakma Gunarathne, Sunil Bhar, Udayan Bhowmik, Pragalathan Apputhurai

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Abstract

Purpose: Asian and pacific region countries are considered to be high risk countries for Human Immunodeficiency Viruses (HIV). There is little literature quantifying the relationship between education of HIV/AIDS and its principal socioeconomic determinants through a spatial analysis. The purpose of this study was to assess the knowledge and awareness about HIV among the women in Thailand, and its direct and indirect association with sociodemographic factors including sexual education, level of education, area of living and wealth index through a structural equation modelling approach.

Design: Cross-sectional analysis using data from the 2022 UNICEF Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS).

Setting: Thailand.

Subjects: A total of 3671 women from the 2022 MICS dataset.

Measures: Key variables included knowledge and misconceptions about HIV, sexual education, education level, area of residence, marital status, and wealth index.

Analysis: Structural equation modeling was used to assess direct and indirect effects of sociodemographic factors on HIV-related knowledge and misconceptions.

Results: The direct effect of sexual education on knowledge, transmission and misconception about HIV/AIDS is significant (β = 0.051, P = .002). The mediation effect test found that the sexual education and education indirectly affected knowledge, transmission and misconceptions about HIV/AIDS through the mediation effect of women's marital status (β = -0.068, P = .018) and wealth index (β = 0.007, P = <.001).

Conclusion: Sexual education alone is insufficient to improve health literacy on HIV/AIDS, as other mediating factors such as education level, wealth index, marital status and area of residence are also key drivers. To achieve Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 3 by 2030, it is essential to enhance HIV/AIDS related health education for women through multifaceted intervention programs that address these mediating factors.

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