Using Media to Promote Public Awareness of Early Detection of Kaposi’s Sarcoma in Africa

Table 3

Evaluation of potential causal determinants of performance on a written evaluation following exposure to common media forms regarding KS awareness and early detection among a community-based sample of Ugandan adults.

Characteristic	Question “correct response”
	Shown a picture of cutaneous KS: What do you think this condition is?	Who is at risk for this condition?	What would you do if you began to see similar lesions on your skin?
	“Kaposi’s sarcoma”	“All people or HIV-infected”	“Get a biopsy or go to a biomedical provider”
	OR (95% CI; value)	OR (95% CI; value)	OR (95% CI; value)
Age per 10-year increase	0.86 (0.71 to 1.0; )	1.1 (0.91 to 1.3; )	0.96 (0.72 to 1.2; )
Gender
Men	Ref.	Ref.	Ref.
Women	1.4 (0.94 to 2.3; )	0.89 (0.58 to 1.4; )	1.2 (0.72 to 2.1; )
Residence
Rural	Ref.	Ref.	Ref.
Urban	0.51 (0.33 to 0.78; )	1.9 (1.2 to 2.9; )	63 (25 to 163; )
Education level
None or primary	Ref.	Ref.	Ref.
Lower secondary	1.9 (1.2 to 3.1; )	1.2 (0.75 to 1.9; )	0.98 (0.54 to 1.8; )
Higher secondary or tertiary	5.1 (2.8 to 9.4; )	0.87 (0.42 to 1.6) )	1.2 (0.61 to 2.5; )
HIV infection status
Uninfected	Ref.	Ref.	Ref.
HIV-infected	0.54 (0.21 to 1.4; )	1.8 (0.75 to 4.3; )	0.39 (0.14 to 1.1; )
Never tested	0.51 (0.19 to 1.3; )	1.3 (0.50 to 3.1; )	0.29 (0.08 to 1.0; )

Adjusted for gender, residence, education level, and HIV status; adjusted for age, residence, education level, and HIV status; adjusted for age, gender, education level, and HIV status; adjusted for age, gender, residence, and HIV status; adjusted for age, gender, residence, and education.