Browsing by Author "Okonji, Osaretin C."

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    Association between socio-economic factors and HIV self-testing knowledge amongst South African women
    (AOSIS, 2022) Ekholuenetale, Michael; Nzoputam, Chimezie I.; Okonji, Osaretin C.
    Self-testing for HIV is an effective and alternative method of increasing HIV testing rates and a strategy for reaching populations that are underserved by HIV testing services. Nonetheless, many resource-constrained settings are yet to adopt HIV self-testing (HIVST) into their national HIV programmes.his study aimed to examine the association between socio-economic factors andHIVST knowledge amongst South African women.We used nationally representative data from the 2016 South African Demographic and Health Survey. A sample of 8182 women of reproductive age was analysed. The outcome variable was HIVST knowledge. This was measured dichotomously; know versus do not know about HIVST. The multivariable logistic model was used to examine the measures of association, with the level of significance set at P < 0.05.