Differences in HIV testing and receipt of results between adolescent and non‑adolescent women in Uganda

Simple item page
dc.contributor.authorEdiru, Stephen
dc.contributor.authorWamala, Robert
dc.contributor.authorKwagala, Betty
dc.date.accessioned2022-03-07T10:21:16Z
dc.date.available2022-03-07T10:21:16Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.description.abstractDespite notable increase in HIV testing among Uganda’s women from 25% in 2006 to 71% in 2011, HIV testing among adolescent women remains very low at 45.5%. This study assesses differences in HIV testing and receipt of results (HTR) between adolescent and non-adolescent women in Uganda. The differences were decomposed into components attributed to variation in characteristics and variation in effects of characteristics in the two groups. The assessment was based on data sourced from 2011 Uganda Demographic Health Survey. Statistical analysis was done using a Non-linear Oaxaca’ Blinder Multivariate Decomposition of the logistic regression. In the results, the difference in HIV testing and receipt of result between adolescent and non-adolescent women was significantly (P < 0.05) attributed to both variation in characteristics (57.2%) and variation in the effects of characteristics/coefficients (42.8%). In particular, the gap in HTR was mainly attributed to variation in characteristics such as ever had sex (34.7%) and ever given birth (31.6%) and variation in effects of characteristics such as education level (− 68.8%) and marital status (− 12.6%). Based on the findings of the study, government and other development partners need to scale up HIV testing programs targeting adolescents through tackling stigma, increasing on community outreach services and expanding adolescent friendly HIV services center.en_US
dc.identifier.citationEdiru, S., Wamala, R., & Kwagala, B. (2019). Differences in HIV testing and receipt of results between adolescent and non-adolescent women in Uganda. AIDS Research and Therapy, 16(1), 1-9.https://doi.org/10.1186/s12981-019-0233-3en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1186/s12981-019-0233-3
dc.identifier.urihttps://nru.uncst.go.ug/xmlui/handle/123456789/2444
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherAIDS Research and Therapyen_US
dc.subjectHIV testingen_US
dc.subjectReceipten_US
dc.subjectResulten_US
dc.subjectAdolescentsen_US
dc.subjectNon-adolescentsen_US
dc.subjectDecompositionen_US
dc.titleDifferences in HIV testing and receipt of results between adolescent and non‑adolescent women in Ugandaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
Files
Original bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
Thumbnail Image
Name:
Diferences in HIV testing and receipt.pdf
Size:
736.27 KB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
Description:
Article
Download
License bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
No Thumbnail Available
Name:
license.txt
Size:
1.71 KB
Format:
Item-specific license agreed upon to submission
Description:
Download
Collections
Medical and Health Sciences