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Title:Sex differentials in the use of centres for voluntary counselling and testing for HIV in Cameroon
Authors:Ngwakongnwi, EmmanuelISNI
Quan, Hude
Year:2009
Periodical:African Journal of AIDS Research
Volume:8
Issue:1
Pages:43-49
Language:English
Geographic term:Cameroon
Subjects:AIDS
health education
health centres
External link:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.2989/AJAR.2009.8.1.5.718
Abstract:Part of the strategic response to HIV in Cameroon, West Africa, has been the institutionalization of voluntary testing and counselling (VCT) for HIV services across the country. The study addresses the general level of awareness and use of VCT centres in Cameroon. The data were extracted from the national, cross-sectional, 2004 Cameroon Demographic and Health Survey (DHS). The survey collected information on respondents' demographic characteristics and awareness and utilization of VCT services, through a standard behavioural surveillance survey, administered in face-to-face interviews with males aged 15 years or older and females aged 15 to 49 years. Chi-square and logistic regression were employed for data analysis. A total of 5,280 males and 10,656 females responded to the 2004 Cameroon DHS. More of the male than female respondents had a secondary or higher education, slightly more of the males than females resided in urban areas, and males were more likely than females to have heard of VCT centres and were also much more likely to have had an HIV test at a VCT centre. The findings indicate that awareness and use of centres offering VCT for HIV is very low in Cameroon. Further research in Cameroon is needed to assess individuals' reasons for not using VCT, as well as studies to identify patterns of information flow regarding the dissemination of knowledge about HIV and AIDS and about VCT centres. Bibliogr., sum. [Journal abstract]
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