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HIV/AIDS: Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behaviour
2008 Ghana Demographic and Health Survey
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• HIV Knowledge• HIV-related Attitudes• HIV-related Behaviour• HIV Testing• HIV and Youth
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Awareness of AIDS
98% of women and 99% of menhave heard of AIDS
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Knowledge of HIV Prevention Methods
Percent who know HIV can be prevented by:
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Knowledge of HIV Prevention by Education
Percent who know that HIV can be prevented by using condoms AND limiting sex to one HIV-negative partner
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Knowledge of HIV Prevention by Region: Women
Percent of women who know that HIV can be prevented by using condoms AND limiting sex to one
HIV-negative partner
Ghana:69%Northern
54%
Volta76%
Ashanti68%
Brong Ahafo71%
Western65%
Eastern69%
Upper West55%
Central80%
Upper East66%
Greater Accra71%
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Understanding Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV
Percent who know that:
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• HIV Knowledge• HIV-related Attitudes• HIV-related Behaviour• HIV Testing• HIV and Youth
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Beliefs About HIV & AIDSPercent of women and men age 15-49 who say that:
*Comprehensive knowledge means knowing that using condoms and limiting sex to one uninfected partner can reduce the chances of getting HIV, knowing that a healthy looking person can have HIV, and rejecting the two most common local misconceptions about HIV prevention and transmission.
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Comprehensive Knowledge of HIV
Percent of women and men age 15-49 with comprehensive knowledge of HIV/AIDS*
*Comprehensive knowledge means knowing that using condoms and limiting sex to one uninfected partner can reduce the chances of getting HIV, knowing that a healthy looking person can have HIV, and rejecting the two most common local misconceptions about HIV prevention and transmission.
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Accepting Attitudes Towards Those Living With HIV
Among women and men age 15-49 who have heard of HIV/AIDS, percentage expressing specific
attitudes towards people living with HIV/AIDS
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Attitudes Towards Negotiating Safer Sex with Husband
Percent of women and men 15-49 who believe that, if a husband has a sexually transmitted infection, his wife is justified in:
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• HIV Knowledge• HIV-related Attitudes• HIV-related Behaviour• HIV Testing• HIV and Youth
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Multiple Sexual Partners
• Among those who had sex in the year before the survey:– 2% of women and 17% of men had 2 or more
sexual partners• Over the course of their lifetimes:– Women had an average of 2.0 sexual partners– Men had an average of 5.3 sexual partners
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Higher-Risk Sex and Condom Use
Percent of women and men 15-49
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• HIV Knowledge• HIV-related Attitudes• HIV-related Behaviour• HIV Testing• HIV and Youth
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70% of women and 75% of men know where to get an HIV test.
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Prior HIV Testing (ever)Percent of women and men 15-49
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HIV Testing
• Among women, testing is most common in the Central, Greater Accra, Ashanti, and Brong Ahafo regions
• Among men, testing is most common in the Greater Accra and Upper East regions.
• Overall, testing is slightly higher in urban areas and increases with wealth and education.
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• HIV Knowledge• HIV-related Attitudes• HIV-related Behaviour• HIV Testing• HIV and Youth
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Comprehensive Knowledge of HIV among People 15-24
Percent of women and men age 15-24 with comprehensive knowledge of HIV/AIDS*
*Comprehensive knowledge includes knowing that HIV can be prevented by using condoms and limiting sex to one uninfected partner, knowing that a healthy looking person can have HIV, and rejecting the two most common local misconceptions about HIV prevention and transmission.
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Age at First Sex and Condom Use
• 44% of women 18-24 had sex before age 18• 28% of men 18-24 had sex before age 18• 25% of women 15-24 and 32% of men 15-24
used a condom at first sex
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Premarital Sex and Condom Use
Among never-married people 15-24, percentage
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Recent HIV Tests among People 15-24Percent of women and men 15-24 who have had sex in the past year and who received an HIV test in the past year
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Key Findings
• 69% of women and 77% of men know that the risk of getting HIV can be reduced by using condoms and limiting sex to one uninfected partner.
• 23% of women and 42% of men have had higher-risk sex. Among these, 25% of women and 45% of men used a condom at last higher-risk sexual intercourse.
• 17% of women and 12% of men have ever been tested for HIV and received the results.
• 28% of women and 34% of men age 15-24 have comprehensive HIV knowledge.