Open AccessAssociation between educational level and knowledge on transmission of hiv/aids in adolescent women in Peru-ENDES 2019
Author(s) -
Nathalie Amado Cornejo,
Consuelo Luna-Muñoz
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
revista de la facultad de medicina humana
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2308-0531
pISSN - 1814-5469
DOI - 10.25176/rfmh.v21i4.4266
Subject(s) - transmission (telecommunications) , residence , observational study , medicine , cross sectional study , demography , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , poverty , association (psychology) , index (typography) , environmental health , family medicine , psychology , sociology , political science , pathology , world wide web , law , computer science , psychotherapist , electrical engineering , engineering
Knowledge about the transmission of HIV in adolescent women is important due to the great risk of contracting said infection. Objective: To determine the association between the educational level and knowledge about the transmission of HIV in female adolescents according to the ENDES year 2019. Methods: Quantitative, observational, retrospective, cross-sectional and analytical study based on the public availability data of the ENDES 2019. Results: Of the 4 668 women in the age range of 15 to 19 years. 30.6% had adequate knowledge about HIV and 69.4% had inadequate knowledge. No association was found between educational level and level of knowledge about HIV transmission. In the multivariate analysis, regarding the wealth index, being non-poor compared to being in extreme poverty has a positive influence on adequate knowledge about HIV (OR: 1.25 95% CI: 1.14–1.38). Conclusion: Knowledge about HIV transmission in adolescent women in Peru is not adequate, no association was found between educational level and knowledge about HIV transmission, nor with place of residence; but if an association was found with the wealth index.