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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Keep talking about it: HIV/AIDS-related communication and prior HIV testing in Tanzania, Zimbabwe, South Africa, and Thailand
AIDS and Behavior, Volume 13, No. 6, Year 2009
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Description
Informal, interpersonal communication within a community about HIV and AIDS, or lack of such communication, may influence community members' uptake of voluntary counseling and testing. Drawing from Noelle-Neumann's spiral of silence theory, this study examined the association between communication about HIV/AIDS and prior HIV testing in communities in Tanzania, Zimbabwe, South Africa, and Thailand. Participants (N = 14,818) in 48 communities across five sites throughout the four countries completed a behavioral survey assessing communication, prior voluntary counseling and testing (VCT) uptake, social norms, stigma, and sexual risk. Site-specific logistic regression models demonstrated that frequent conversations about HIV were significantly associated with prior HIV testing at every site. Odds ratios for each site ranged from 1.885 to 3.085, indicating a roughly doubled or tripled chance of past VCT uptake. Results indicate that verbal communication may be an important mechanism for increasing health behaviors and inclusion in future interventions should be considered. © 2009 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC.
Authors & Co-Authors
Hendriksen, Ellen Setsuko
United States, Boston
Massachusetts General Hospital
Hlubinka, Daniel
Czech Republic, Prague
Charles University
Chariyalertsak, Suwat
Thailand, Chaing Mai
Chiang Mai University
Chingono, Alfred H.
Zimbabwe, Harare
University of Zimbabwe
Gray, Glenda E.
South Africa, Johannesburg
Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital
Mbwambo, Jessie Kazeni Kilonzo
Tanzania, Dar es Salaam
Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences
Richter, Linda M.
South Africa, Pretoria
Human Sciences Research Council of South Africa
Kulich, Michal
Czech Republic, Prague
Charles University
Coates, Thomas J.
United States, Los Angeles
David Geffen School of Medicine at Ucla
Statistics
Citations: 40
Authors: 9
Affiliations: 8
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1007/s10461-009-9608-0
ISSN:
10907165
Research Areas
Infectious Diseases
Sexual And Reproductive Health
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study
Study Approach
Quantitative
Study Locations
South Africa
Tanzania
Zimbabwe