Research Article
Assessment of the Reproductive Health Status of Adult Prison Inmates in Osun State, Nigeria
Table 3
Knowledge about HIV/AIDS.
| | Variable | Frequency
() | Percentage
(%) |
| | Awareness about HIV () | | | | Yes | 195 | 93.3 | | No | 14 | 6.7 | | HIV information source () | | | | School | 31 | 15.9 | | Television | 49 | 25.2 | | Radio | 70 | 35.9 | | Newspaper | 2 | 1.0 | | Friends/family | 42 | 21.5 | | Hospital | 1 | 0.5 | HIV transmission modes
(; multiple respondents) | | | Unprotected sex with infected
person | 174 | 89.3 | | Injection with unsterilized needles | 153 | 78.5 | Use of unsterilized sharps (clippers,
blades, etc.) | 110 | 56.4 | | Kissing infected person | 59 | 30.3 | | Mosquito bite | 25 | 12.8 | | Cloths and towel sharing | 11 | 5.6 | Using same swimming
pools/streams | 7 | 3.6 | | Spiritually/through witchcraft | 29 | 14.9 | | Homosexuality | 38 | 19.5 | | Eating from same plate | 7 | 3.6 | | How can HIV be prevented (; multiple respondents) | | | | Being faithful to partner | 151 | 77.4 | | Abstaining from sex | 157 | 80.5 | | Not sharing sharps | 114 | 58.5 | | Barrier contraception | 119 | 61.0 | | Awareness about HCT () | | | | Yes | 84 | 40.2 | | No | 125 | 59.8 | | HCT information source () | | | | School | 18 | 21.4 | | Television | 18 | 21.4 | | Radio | 16 | 19.1 | | Friends/family | 19 | 22.6 | | Hospital | 13 | 15.5 | | Awareness about ART () | | | | Yes | 84 | 40.2 | | No | 125 | 59.8 | | What do you think ART does? () | | | | Cure HIV completely | 21 | 25.0 | | Slows disease progression | 61 | 72.6 | | It does nothing | 2 | 2.4 | | I do not know | 0 | 0 |
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