HIV/AIDS-related knowledge and attitudes of Palestinian women in the Occupied Palestinian Territory

Am J Health Behav. 2007 May-Jun;31(3):323-34. doi: 10.5555/ajhb.2007.31.3.323.

Abstract

Objective: To explore Palestinian women's knowledge, perceptions, and attitudes towards HIV/ AIDS.

Methods: Data used in this study were collected as a part of the Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) 2004 in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT).

Results: Most of the women in the OPT (93.4%) had heard of AIDS. They had fair general knowledge of HIV/AIDS prevention methods and transmission. TV was the main source of information about HIV/AIDS. Among the determinants of HIV/AIDS knowledge identified by this study were education, region, and locality.

Conclusion: A research-informed policy concerning HIV/AIDS prevention should be formulated.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Arabs / education*
  • Arabs / psychology
  • Female
  • HIV Infections / ethnology
  • HIV Infections / prevention & control*
  • HIV Infections / transmission
  • Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice*
  • Health Surveys
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Middle East
  • Prejudice
  • Public Opinion
  • Television
  • Women / education*
  • Women / psychology
  • Women's Health / ethnology*