Knowledge gaps of STIs in Africa; Systematic review

Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) are ambiguous burden of tremendous health, social and economic consequences. The current systematic review was conducted in order to determine awareness and knowledge of Africans toward sexually transmitted infections, not only concerning HIV/AIDS, but also oth...

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Published in:PloS one 2019-09, Vol.14 (9), p.e0213224
Main Authors: Badawi, Marwan M, SalahEldin, Maryam A, Idris, Alaa B, Hasabo, Elfatih A, Osman, Zeinab H, Osman, Widad M
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Africa - epidemiology
Africans
Anopheles
Beliefs, opinions and attitudes
Biology and Life Sciences
Child
Condoms
Disease transmission
Evaluation
Female
Gonorrhea
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Hepatitis B
Hepatitis C virus
HIV
Humans
Male
Medical research
Medicine and Health Sciences
Middle Aged
Papillomavirus infections
People and Places
Public Health Surveillance
Public opinion
Sexually transmitted diseases
Sexually Transmitted Diseases - diagnosis
Sexually Transmitted Diseases - epidemiology
Sexually Transmitted Diseases - etiology
Syphilis
Young Adult
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Summary:Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) are ambiguous burden of tremendous health, social and economic consequences. The current systematic review was conducted in order to determine awareness and knowledge of Africans toward sexually transmitted infections, not only concerning HIV/AIDS, but also other STIs such as gonorrhea, syphilis, HBV, HCV and HPV. A systematic review of literature was conducted, studies were retrieved and selected after fulfilling the inclusion criteria as well as passing the assessment procedure. Related data was extracted, quantitative analysis was conducted among participants who responded to questions related to HIV, HBV, HCV, HPV or STIs knowledge, sensitivity analysis as well as subgroup analysis were also conducted. Seventy four articles addressing knowledge among 35 African countries were included and 136 questions were analyzed and synthesized. The question "does using condom reduces HIV transmission?" was answered by 1,316,873 Africans in 35 countries, 66.8% [95% Cl; 62.6, 70.9] answered yes. While the question "is sexual contact a possible route of HBV transmission?" was answered by 7,490 participants in 5 countries; 42.5% [95% Cl; 20.4, 64.7] answered yes. The differences observed among populations are highlighting the possibility for improvement by directing light toward specific populations as well as addressing specific awareness knowledge to ensure that the general as well as the related specific preventive knowledge is improved.
ISSN:1932-6203
1932-6203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0213224