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Document 0306
DOCN M9650306
TI Female partners of AIDS patients in Uganda: reported knowledge,
perceptions and plans.
DT 9605
AU Baingana G; Choi KH; Barrett DC; Byansi R; Hearst N; Department of
Medicine, New Mulago Hospital, Kampala, Uganda.
SO AIDS. 1995 Jul;9 Suppl 1:S15-9. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
MED/96085739
AB OBJECTIVE: To assess reported knowledge of a partner's AIDS diagnosis,
perceived risk of HIV infection, need for HIV testing and future support
plans among women partners of male Ugandan AIDS patients. SUBJECTS AND
METHODS: A cross-sectional descriptive survey was conducted at New
Mulago Hospital, Kampala, Uganda. The subjects were women partners of
consecutive male AIDS patients admitted to medical wards. RESULTS: Only
12% reported their partner's AIDS diagnosis; women who reported knowing
were less likely to be financially dependent on the partner. Most women
(76%) reported being at risk of HIV; in general, these women were older,
in a newer relationship, had less children and were in customary rather
than civil or cohabiting marriages. More than half (56%) of the women
reported a need for HIV testing, though few (5%) had been tested. Those
who stated the need for HIV testing were in a newer relationship, had
less children and were more financially independent of their husbands;
women in a cohabiting type marriage were less likely to report their
need for testing than those in a civil or customary marriage. About half
(56%) reported plans for future support if their husbands did not
recover; these women were more likely to be in an older relationship and
to have more children. CONCLUSIONS: Most women partners of AIDS patients
in New Mulago Hospital reported no knowledge of their husbands'
diagnosis. Over half perceived a need to be tested but very few reported
having been tested, and only half reported having planned for the future
of their families. Interventions are urgently needed to address barriers
to knowledge and to acknowledgement of a partner's AIDS diagnosis, to
HIV testing and to planning for the future.
DE Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/*PREVENTION & CONTROL/
PSYCHOLOGY/TRANSMISSION Adult AIDS Serodiagnosis/PSYCHOLOGY
Cross-Sectional Studies *Developing Countries Family Characteristics
Female Human *Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice Male Sex Behavior
*Sexual Partners/PSYCHOLOGY Socioeconomic Factors Support, Non-U.S.
Gov't Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. Uganda JOURNAL ARTICLE
SOURCE: National Library of Medicine. NOTICE: This material may be
protected by Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.Code).