Md Nurunnabi Mondal, Mahmudur Rahman, M. Rahman, M. N. Akter
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Level of Awareness about HIV/AIDS among Ever Married Women in Bangladesh
Ever married women are more vulnerable group to sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), HIV/AIDS infection, and unplanned pregnancies. The aims of this study are to assess the level of awareness among ever married women on HIV/AIDS and to determine the affecting factors influenced knowledge and awareness about HIV/AIDS regarding its pre- vention and control. The data on 10,996 ever married women in their reproductive span (15-49 years) was taken from the Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey (BDHS), 2007. The statistical tools, Chi square (χ 2 ) test and binary logistic regression analysis have been performed to analyse the data. Both bivariate and multivariate analyses identified that re- spondent's education, husband's education, husband's occupation, age at marriage, watching TV, electricity in the household, marital status, and residence are found to have statistically significant effects with HIV/AIDS awareness (p 18 years), education, and mass media campaigns are strongly suggested for increasing knowledge and awareness to be controlled the spread of HIV/AIDS as well as STDs among ever married women in Bangladesh.