Date of Conferral
2020
Degree
Ph.D.
School
Public Health
Advisor
Debebe M. Gebreyohannes
Abstract
The rate of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection shows a diminishing trend at the global level while it shows increasing in intensity of mortality, morbidity, and burden in Sub-Saharan Africa. The intertwined behavioral, demographic, and clinical determinants fueled the incidence of infections in Zambian women. The purpose of this study was to determine the association between demographic, behavioral, and clinical determinants with HIV serostatus in Zambian women. With the conceptual framework of the World Health Organization’s Commission for Social Determinants of Health (CSDH) and quantitative method of MANOVA, this study examined Zambian Demographic Health Survey data for Zambian women of two age groups (adolescent and adult). The findings showed statistically significant results in the association between HIV serostatus and self-perceived HIV risk for both groups and in the association between education and HIV serostatus among women in both groups (adolescents and adults). However, there was no statistically significant association between behavioral, demographic, and clinical determinants of HIV serostatus. These findings imply the need to conduct prospective studies to curb this deadly virus and improve community health for women in Africa.
Recommended Citation
Gebreyohannes, Debebe Masresha, "Behavioral, Demographic, and Clinical Determinants of HIV Serostatus in Zambian Women" (2020). Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies. 8537.
https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/8537
