AIDS awareness and knowledge among married women living in Malatya (Turkey): implications for province-based prevention programs.
The study was performed in 2003 to obtain baseline information on married women's knowledge of AIDS/HIV in Malatya, Turkey. The aim was to reach 1% of the population by covering 1200 married women out of 120,034 whose ages ranged from 15-49. Stratified systematic random sampling was used according to 17 health center lists. Although median HIV/AIDS knowledge score was found to be 70 (highest score was 100), it was also seen that clinical properties of the disease were not recognized adequately. The main resources of knowledge were visual (93%) and printed material (35%). These findings show that media based information does not seem to be sufficient. Therefore, it is recommended that health education should be inserted in the school curriculum and health personnel should inform the women.
Genc
Metin
M
Inonu University, Head of Family Medicine Department, Campus-Malatya, Turkey. mgenc@inonu.edu.tr
Gunes
Gulsen
G
Karaoglu
Leyla
L
Egri
Mucahit
M
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006266:Health Education; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008393:Marriage; D008875:Middle Aged; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014421:Turkey