Exploring the linkage between exposure to mass media and HIV testing among married women and men in Ghana
Exploring the linkage between exposure to mass media and HIV testing among married women and men in Ghana
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DOI：
10.1080/09540121.2015.1131970
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发表时间：
2016-06-01
影响因子：
1.7
通讯作者：
Kwon, Eugena
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作者：
Sano, Yujiro;Sedziafa, Alice P.;Kwon, Eugena
虽然艾滋病毒检测对艾滋病毒/艾滋病的治疗和预防至关重要，但加纳已婚妇女和男子的艾滋病毒检测服务利用率仍然很低。大众媒体作为提高艾滋病毒检测总投票率的工具，一直被认为是促进和加强与艾滋病毒/艾滋病预防有关的行为变化的重要战略之一。利用2014年加纳人口和健康调查，目前的研究审查了加纳已婚男女接触印刷媒体、广播和电视的水平与艾滋病毒检测接受率之间的关系。结果显示，艾滋病毒检测在已婚女性中比男性更普遍。我们还发现，接触无线电的较高水平与女性的艾滋病毒检测有关，而接触印刷媒体和电视的较高水平与男性的艾滋病毒检测有关。讨论了这些调查结果对加纳艾滋病毒/艾滋病战略框架的影响，该框架旨在扩大应对艾滋病毒/艾滋病流行病的努力。具体地说，健康教育工作者和方案规划者必须通过电视、广播和印刷媒体传播与艾滋病毒有关的信息，以增加对艾滋病毒检测的接受，特别是在加纳已婚妇女和男子中。
Although HIV testing is critical to the treatment and prevention of HIV/AIDS, utilization rate of HIV testing services among married women and men remains low in Ghana. Mass media, as a tool to increase overall HIV testing turnouts, has been considered one of the important strategies in promoting and enhancing behavioural changes related to HIV/AIDS prevention. Using the 2014 Ghana Demographic and Health Survey, the current study examines the relationship between levels of exposure to print media, radio, and television and the uptake of HIV testing among married women and men in Ghana. Results show that HIV testing is more prevalent among married women than their male counterparts. We also find that higher levels of exposure to radio is associated with HIV testing among women, while higher levels of exposure to print media and television are associated with HIV testing among men. Implications of these findings are discussed for Ghana's HIV/AIDS strategic framework, which aims to expanding efforts at dealing with the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Specifically, it is important for health educators and programme planners to deliver HIV-related messages through television, radio, and print media to increase the uptake of HIV testing particularly among married women and men in Ghana.