International Journal of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Education and Behavioural Science最新文献

{"title":"Prevalence and Causes of HIV/AIDs Infection Among Out-of-School Children in Ibadan","authors":"Babatunde Olusegun","doi":"10.11648/j.ijhpebs.20241001.14","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11648/j.ijhpebs.20241001.14","url":null,"abstract":"Children who are vulnerable to sexual exploitation are also vulnerable to HIV infection because they live on the margins of society and outside of the health system. As a result, they may be infected without knowing their HIV status and will not access the health system when they develop an opportunistic infection related to AIDS. The prevalence of HIV/AIDs in Nigeria especially in Ibadan among the out-of-school children has become a great public health concern. This study therefore mitigated prevalence and causes of HIV/AIDs infection among out-of-school children in Ibadan, Oyo State. Nigeria. This study is anchored on explanatory mixed method of QUAN+qual research design. A random sampling technique was employed in sampling 100 participants for the study. Three instruments: Out-of-school children HIV Risk and Infection Questionnaire (OHRIQ) and HIV/AIDs Rapid Test Kit (HARTK) were used to elicit quantitative information from participants and KII to collect qualitative data from the participants about their status. Data collected was analysed using Descriptive and Multiple Regression while ATLAS ti was used for qualitative data. Results revealed that Home and Street life has a moderate positive correlation and was significant with HIV infection among out-of-school children (r = .16; p=<0.01). Survival activities have very strong positive significant correlation with HIV infection. Sexual behaviour has low positive significant (r=.00, p<0.01) correlation and Marginalization has a low negative significant correlation (r=-.07, p<0.01). The study therefore recommends that parent should endeavor to send their children to school and take full responsibility on their wellbeing to avoid being infected with HIV.\u0000","PeriodicalId":241088,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Education and Behavioural Science","volume":" 12","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141127154","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Study on HIV Status Disclosure and Treatment Adherence Amongst Support Group Members in Mushin Local Government Area (LGA), Lagos State","authors":"Foluso Akpan-Etuk, Emmanuel Vincent, Emmanuel Nwanya, Uchechukwu Efifie, Sunday Alawode, Deborah Bello","doi":"10.11648/j.ijhpebs.20241001.13","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11648/j.ijhpebs.20241001.13","url":null,"abstract":"Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) remains a significant global health concern, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa, where the burden of the epidemic is highest. Lagos State, in Southwest Nigeria, faces a significant challenge with HIV prevalence, particularly in the Mushin Local Government Area (LGA). This study investigates the relationship between HIV status disclosure and adherence to Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) medication among members of the God is Good Support Group in Mushin LGA, Lagos State, Nigeria. The study used a qualitative framework design and conducted semi-structured interviews with twenty members of the support group who were purposely selected due to the specific nature of the target population. Collected data was manually transcribed, while thematic analysis was used to analyze the interview data. The results showed that the majority of participants in the support group had disclosed their HIV status to their partners, and those who hadn't disclosed often confided in children or close relatives. Participants reported receiving strong support from their confidantes after disclosure. Participants believed that effective treatment adherence is crucial for achieving viral suppression, and a significant majority believed that disclosing their HIV status helped them achieve viral suppression. Most participants had positive experiences disclosing their status to partners, with nearly all reporting supportive partners. Only a small minority reported negative impacts on their sexual life, suggesting that disclosure may not necessarily harm relationships. Based on these findings, the study concludes that there is a high level of disclosure among support group members, and participants with good adherence were more likely to have disclosed their status. Disclosure was associated with achieving viral suppression, potentially due to the support received. The study suggests that strengthening support groups through funding from local, state, and international organizations could be beneficial in encouraging disclosure and improving health outcomes for individuals living with HIV.\u0000","PeriodicalId":241088,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Education and Behavioural Science","volume":" 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140994131","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Prevalence and Trends of HIV Infection Among Blood Donors in Republic of Congo from 2016 to 2022","authors":"Brunel Monic Angounda, Serge Oscar Mokono, Felix Koukouikila-Koussounda, Boris Soba Bakoua, Edwige Paola Louanga Nanitelamio, Geneviève Mbanzoulou Boukatou, Anicet Luc Magloire Boumba, Fabien Roch Niama","doi":"10.11648/j.ijhpebs.20230902.14","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11648/j.ijhpebs.20230902.14","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":241088,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Education and Behavioural Science","volume":"25 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138984195","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Prevalence of AHD Among PLHIVs in Six Health Facilities in Nasarawa State, Nigeria","authors":"Chinwe Umeozulu, Esther Loyin, Olusola Oni, Folake Isona, Kayode Joseph, Adeniyi V. Ojuope, Blessing Eloh, Ann Mark, Olufunmilola Abodunde","doi":"10.11648/j.ijhpebs.20230902.12","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11648/j.ijhpebs.20230902.12","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":241088,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Education and Behavioural Science","volume":"46 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130153967","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Barriers and Facilitators to Retention in Care and Adherence to Antiretroviral Therapy in a Ghanaian Referral Hospital","authors":"Amida Awudu Rahman","doi":"10.11648/j.ijhpebs.20230902.11","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11648/j.ijhpebs.20230902.11","url":null,"abstract":": The rise in new HIV infection cases has prompted widespread worry. High trends of patients receiving anti-retroviral therapy in hospitals have been caused by the increase, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa, including Ghana, where more than 300,000 people are currently receiving ART. HIV incidence is rising in Ghana, particularly among young people, despite the implementation of goals, policies","PeriodicalId":241088,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Education and Behavioural Science","volume":"68 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129364062","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Sero-Prevalence of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Antibodies Among Pregnant Women Attending Primary Health Care Center (PHCC) Jajere","authors":"Idriss Jajere Ahmed, Isah Muhammad Liyo, Dembo Emmanuel Moses","doi":"10.11648/j.ijhpebs.20230901.16","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11648/j.ijhpebs.20230901.16","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":241088,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Education and Behavioural Science","volume":"8 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121156739","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Non-Adherence to Antiretroviral Therapy and Factors Affecting Low Medication Adherence Among Incident HIV-Infected at Lerato Clinic in Germiston","authors":"Nzale Nzali Ntumbanzondo Arnold, Nzale Nzali Kadiombo Tshilela Anastasie, L. Benjamin, Wembonyama Okitosho Stanis, Tsongo Kibendelwa Zacharie, Kamangu Ntambwe Eric, Kabakele Tshibwabwa Alain, Kisoka Lusunsi Christian","doi":"10.11648/j.ijhpebs.20230901.15","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11648/j.ijhpebs.20230901.15","url":null,"abstract":": Introduction : Highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) in the management of HIV/AIDS has made it possible to significantly reduce its incidence and its morbidity and mortality. The objective of this study was to identify factors affecting levels of non-adherence to HAART. Methods : The investigator conducted a cross-sectional study at Lerato Clinic in Bertha Qxowa Hospital in Germiston, Gauteng, South Africa from September 2019 to December 2019. Were included to participate, those being more than 18 years old, on HAART for at least three months, consenting to participate, and attending the clinic in that period. Non-adherence was defined as taking their medication ≤ 95% of the time. A threshold of non-adherence >5% was considered high, with P <0.05 statistically significant. Results : Of a total of 278 participants in the study, the average age was 41 ± 13 years with a minimum of 19 years and a maximum of 75 years, a male predominance of 56% (n ꞊ 156); 19% of patients showed adherence ≤ 95%, of which 13.31 (n=37) were men and 5.4% (n=15). High blood pressure, hyperuricemia, hyperglycemia, and LDL-hypercholesterolemia emerged as clinico-biological determinants and associated factors of non-adherence to HAART. People who often found HAART toxic/bad and who often cared for their partners/spouses/parents were at risk of non-adherence. Similarly, people who were busy doing other things and those who \"often\" cared for a parent were more likely to adhere to HAART. Systolic blood pressure (SBP), uric acid, blood sugar, and LDL cholesterol which showed higher values. Conclusion : Effective management of HIV/AIDS requires <5% non-adherence. At the end of the present study, the factors associated with non-adherence were individuals and cardiometabolic. All these observations affirmed the holistic and multidisciplinary nature of HIV/AIDS care.","PeriodicalId":241088,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Education and Behavioural Science","volume":"51 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-05-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122465632","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Approach to HIV Prevention in Cuba for Men Who Have Sex with Other Men","authors":"Carlos Alejandro Lopez Lima","doi":"10.11648/j.ijhpebs.20230901.14","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11648/j.ijhpebs.20230901.14","url":null,"abstract":": This paper describes the main interventions for the prevention of human immunodeficiency virus infection, aimed at men who have sex with men, who constitute a risk group for acquiring the disease. For its preparation, the scientific literature published in national and international sources and documents considered relevant to the subject was selected. The analysis and recommendations focused on the health sector and the group of men who have sexual relations with other men. The approaches to the human immunodeficiency virus in Cuba are considered among the high-impact prevention programs, prepared both by civil society, through subsidies from the World Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, as well as by technicians from the National Program for Prevention and Control of STIs-HIV/AIDS. They include personalized service packages, which contain structural, biomedical and behavioral elements for key population groups in the social contexts where they are most needed. As is well known, the risk for each individual depends on their practices and not on the group to which they belong. These offer a common base for the development and promotion of effective programs for prevention, which allow organizing efforts directed at key populations, especially men who have sex with other men, and in this way reduce the number of new infections each year.","PeriodicalId":241088,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Education and Behavioural Science","volume":"26 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-05-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131757111","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Applying Lessons from Early-Stage Voluntary Counseling and Testing Services to End the HIV/AIDS Epidemic in Nigeria by 2030","authors":"Emmanuel Chukwuma Obiano, Joel Ubandoma Rimmande, Babylon Philemon","doi":"10.11648/j.ijhpebs.20230901.13","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11648/j.ijhpebs.20230901.13","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":241088,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Education and Behavioural Science","volume":"49 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116502627","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Incidence, Predictors and Reasons of Attrition of Patients on Antiretroviral Therapy for HIV in Eight Large-Cohort Sites in Conakry","authors":"Niouma Nestor Leno, Jean Michel Lamah, F. Guilavogui, Thierno Saidou Diallo, Y. Koita, L. Kaba, Arnold Ahiatsi, Nagnouman Touré, Souleymane Chaloub, André Kamano, Mahamadou Drabo, J. Gaudart","doi":"10.11648/j.ijhpebs.20230901.12","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11648/j.ijhpebs.20230901.12","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":241088,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Education and Behavioural Science","volume":"18 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134279536","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}