title: AIDS awareness among women and its influence on attitude toward people living with HIV/AIDS in Burundi.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate women's knowledge on HIV and their attitude toward AIDS infected people.
  
  
  METHODS
  Structured and oriented questionnaire on AIDS knowledge, behavior and attitude toward people with HIV/AIDS, sources of information was used in assessing women's level of AIDS awareness. 2042 women participated in this study.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Living in urban area was associated with taking care without worry (OR: 0.59; CI: 0.37-0.95; P = 0.02) and eating on same plate (OR: 0.44; CI: 0.33-0.74; P = 0.07). Catholic religion (OR: 1.79; CI: 1.09-2.24; P = 0.03) and protestant (OR: 2.09; CI: 1.19-3.70; P = 0.06) were associated with taking care without worry. Good knowledge was associated with taking care without worry (OR: 1.08; CI: 1.09-2.94; P = 0.04) and with sharing same work office (OR: 0.87; CI: 2.49-3.61; P = 0.03). Sources of information were ranked from health care workers (97.5%), mass media (91.2%) and clerical leader (87.9%).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This research revered discrepancies on HIV knowledge between urban and rural women. Misunderstanding on HIV/AIDS remains in Burundi women even having high level of awareness. Communication between parents/women and friend/friend women was less used in HIV sensitization. Knowledge alone cannot counter bad behavior and attitudes toward people with HIV.
authors: Shanghai University of Sport, Department of Health Promotion. ngavadrien@yahoo.fr
authors: Adrien
authors: A
authors: Ngayimbesha
authors: Pei Jie
authors: PJ
authors: Chen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002063:Burundi; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000635:transmission; D015438:Health Behavior; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008875:Middle Aged; D012424:Rural Population; D012725:Sexual Behavior; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014505:Urban Population; D055815:Young Adult