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dc.contributor.authorJung, Minsooen_US
dc.contributor.authorArya, Monishaen_US
dc.contributor.authorViswanath, Kasisomayajulaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2014-02-18T18:10:59Z
dc.date.issued2013en_US
dc.identifier.citationJung, Minsoo, Monisha Arya, and Kasisomayajula Viswanath. 2013. “Effect of Media Use on HIV/AIDS-Related Knowledge and Condom Use in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Cross-Sectional Study.” PLoS ONE 8 (7): e68359. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0068359. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0068359.en
dc.identifier.issn1932-6203en
dc.identifier.urihttp://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:11717534
dc.description.abstractIt is known that the level of HIV/AIDS-related knowledge and the degree of condom use varies by socioeconomic status (SES). However, there is limited research on the effect of mass media use on HIV/AIDS-related cognitive and behavioral outcomes in low-income countries and how it might influence the association between SES and HIV-related outcomes. We investigated the moderating effect of media use on the relationship between SES and HIV/AIDS-related knowledge and condom use in sub-Saharan Africa in terms of communication inequalities. Cross-sectional data from the Demographic Health Surveys from 13 sub-Saharan countries (2004–10) were pooled. Gender-stratified multivariable poisson regression of 151,209 women and 68,890 men were used to calculate adjusted relative ratios and 95% confidence intervals for the associations between SES, media use, HIV-related outcomes, and condom use. We found significant disparities in mass media use among people from different SES groups as well as among countries. Education and wealth are strongly and positively associated with awareness of HIV/AIDS and knowledge about transmission and prevention of HIV/AIDS and are significantly associated with condom use. These associations are attenuated when the use of various types of mass media is added to the models, with newspapers showing the strongest effect. The findings of this study suggest that media use has the potential to blunt the impact of socioeconomic status though not completely eliminate it. Thus, we need to pay attention to reducing communication inequalities among social groups and countries to moderate the effect of wealth and SES on HIV/AIDS.en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherPublic Library of Scienceen
dc.relation.isversionofdoi:10.1371/journal.pone.0068359en
dc.relation.hasversionhttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3709989/pdf/en
dash.licenseLAAen_US
dc.subjectMedicineen
dc.subjectEpidemiologyen
dc.subjectSocial Epidemiologyen
dc.subjectGlobal Healthen
dc.subjectInfectious Diseasesen
dc.subjectSexually Transmitted Diseasesen
dc.subjectAIDSen
dc.subjectViral Diseasesen
dc.subjectHIVen
dc.subjectHIV epidemiologyen
dc.subjectHIV preventionen
dc.subjectNon-Clinical Medicineen
dc.subjectSocioeconomic Aspects of Healthen
dc.subjectPublic Healthen
dc.subjectSocial and Behavioral Sciencesen
dc.subjectMedia Studiesen
dc.subjectSociologyen
dc.subjectSexual and Gender Issuesen
dc.titleEffect of Media Use on HIV/AIDS-Related Knowledge and Condom Use in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Cross-Sectional Studyen
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
dc.description.versionVersion of Recorden
dc.relation.journalPLoS ONEen
dash.depositing.authorViswanath, Kasisomayajulaen_US
dc.date.available2014-02-18T18:10:59Z
dc.identifier.doi10.1371/journal.pone.0068359*
dash.contributor.affiliatedViswanath, Kasisomayajula


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