Amare Deribew|Gemeda Abebe|Ludwig Apers|Challi Jira|Markos Tesfaye|Jafar Shifa|Alemseged Abdisa|Kifle Woldemichael|Fetene Deribie|Mesele Bezabih|Abraham Aseffa|Robert Colebunders
Prejudice and misconceptions about tuberculosis and HIV in rural and urban communities in Ethiopia: a challenge for the TB/HIV control program
University of Antwerp|University of Antwerp|Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde|Jimma University|Jimma University|Jimma University|Jimma University|Jimma University|Jimma University|Jimma University|Armauer Hansen Research Institute|Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde
ethiopia hiv tuberculosis tb common little known prejudice misconceptions rural communities towards people living hivaids plha tbwe conducted cross sectional study gilgel gibe field research area ggfra southwest ethiopia assess prejudice misconceptions rural urban communities towards plha tb study population consisted 862 randomly selected adults ggfra data collected trained personnel using pretested structured questionnaire triangulate findings 8 focus group discussions among women men doneof 862 selected study participants 75087 accepted interviewed mean age respondents 312 sd 110 total interviewed individuals 58 females half respondents know possibility transmission hiv mother child breast feeding fear contagion hiv people want eat drink share utensils clothes person living hivaids higher proportion females 15 95 ci 10 22 nonliterate individuals 23 95ci 14 36 rural residents 38 95ci 22 66 individuals poor knowledge hivaids 28 95ci 18 22 likely high prejudice towards plha respectively males literates urban residents individuals good knowledge exposure cold air implicated major cause tb literates much better knowledge cause methods transmission prevention tb nonliterates half individuals 56 high prejudice towards patient tb larger proportion females 13 95 ci 10 19 nonliterate individuals 14 95 ci 11 20 high prejudice towards patients tb males literate individualstbhiv control programs collaboration partners invest social mobilization education communities rectify widespread prejudice misconceptions