Year: 2011
Type: article
Abstract: OBJECTIVE: To assess the relationship between knowledge and self efficacy associated to HIV/AIDS in women from Chile with social disadvantages. METHODOLOGY: Correlation study that uses the baseline assessment of the "Testing an HIV and AIDS intervention in Chilean women" study, carried out between 2006 and 2008, with a sample of 496 women between 18 and 49 years old, in 2 neighborhoods of Santiago de Chile. Participants answered a structured survey conducted by trained interviewers. The survey included questions about sociodemographic information, risk behaviors and a self-efficacy knowledge scale among others. RESULTS: The average age was 32.3±9.1 years, 72.2% live with their partner and 42.7% have completed high school education. The mean score of HIV infection knowledge was 8.9±2.5, while the mean score for the three scales used to measure self-efficacy were: "Peer rules" =9.8±3.6, "Risk reduction intentions =12.2±3.6 and "Self Efficacy Form"=20.2±4.7. HIV knowledge had a weak positive correlation with the "Risk reduction intentions" scale (r=0.19; p<0.0001) and the "Self Efficacy Form" scale (r=0.34; p<0.0001), however there was no correlation with the "Safe sex peer rules" (r=0.13;p=0.78). CONCLUSION: There is a weak positive correlation between the HIV/AIDS related knowledge and self-efficacy among Chilean with social disadvantages.
Institutions: University of Miami, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Language: Spanish
Subfield: Infectious Diseases
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W1900267984