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| Year : 2022 | Volume
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Assessment and predictors of HIV knowledge among vocational school adolescents in Thailand
Shamsudeen Yau1, Ya'u Adamu2, Pramote Wongsawat3, Archin Songthap3
1 Department of Community Health, Faculty of Public Health, Naresuan University, 65000 Phitsanulok - Thailand; Justice Ifeyinwa Nzeako House, #8 Port Harcourt Crescent, Area 11, Garki, Abuja-Nigeria
2 Department of Community Health, Faculty of Public Health, Naresuan University, 65000 Phitsanulok - Thailand; Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Texas A&M University, College Station Texas-USA; Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Bayero University, Kano-Nigeria
3 Department of Community Health, Faculty of Public Health, Naresuan University, 65000 Phitsanulok - Thailand
Correspondence Address:
Shamsudeen Yau
Department of Community Health, Faculty of Public Health, Naresuan University, 65000 Phitsanulok - Thailand; Justice Ifeyinwa Nzeako House, #8 Port Harcourt Crescent, Area 11, Garki, Abuja-Nigeria
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None  | 1 |
DOI: 10.4103/2773-0344.345315
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Background: Despite substantial progress in the fight against human immunodeficiency virus and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome globally, it remains a threat to global adolescent health. This study assessed the level of HIV knowledge among vocational school students and identified the relevant factors.
Methods: This was an analytical cross-sectional study conducted from August to September 2019. A total of 345 students aged 15 to 19 years were selected from three vocational schools in Phitsanulok Province, Thailand, using a multistage random sampling technique. The HIV Knowledge Questionnaire (18 item version) was used to collect the data, which were analysed by mean, frequency, Chi- square and binary logistic regression.
Results: Only 38.8% of participants were fully aware of HIV knowledge; five individual items showed a significant difference in knowledge of HIV between males and females; two items relating to HIV prevention knowledge (P=0.021, 0.009); two items relating HIV transmission (P=0.028, 0.035); one item relating to HIV diagnosis (P=0.008). Factors that were significantly associated with HIV knowledge included gender (male vs. female, OR 1.83, 95% CI 1.01-3.34), residence (sub-district municipality area vs. sub-district of administrative organization area, OR 0.44, 95% CI 0.23-0.84), education (2nd and 3rd academic year vs. 1st, OR 7.00, 95% CI 2.40-20.41; OR 6.40, 95% CI 2.05-20.01) and source of income (from both parents vs. self, OR 0.07, 95% CI 0.04-0.64).
Conclusions: There are serious deficits and disparities in the knowledge of male and female adolescents on HIV transmission, prevention and diagnosis, and there is a need to expand the provision of gender-focused sexual health education programs.
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