Anna Petrovskis, Betty Bekemeier, Jenna van Draanen, Elizabeth Heitkemper
Grouping Public Health Skills to Facilitate Workforce Development: A Factor Analysis of PH WINS
Journal of public health management and practice : JPHMP
sociobehavioural factors may contribute wide variance hiv prevalence within subsaharan african ssa countries studied associations sociobehavioural variables potentially related risk acquiring hiv used bayesian network models study associations sociobehavioural variables may related hiv bayesian network consists nodes representing variables edges representing conditional dependencies variables analysed data demographic health surveys conducted 29 ssa countries 2010 2016 predefined dichotomized 12 variables including factors related age literacy hiv knowledge hiv testing domestic violence sexual activity womens empowerment analysed data men women country separately summarized results across countries conducted second analysis including also individual hiv status subset 23 countries information available presented summary graphs showing associations present least six countries five analysis hiv status analysed data 190273 men range across countries 2295 17359 420198 women 6621 38948 two variables highest total number edges summary graphs literacy ruralurban location literacy negatively associated false beliefs aids women early sexual initiation countries literacy also positively associated ever tested hiv belief women right ask husband use condoms sexually transmitted infection rural location positively associated false beliefs hiv belief beating ones wife justified negatively associated tested hiv analysis including hiv status hiv positive associated femaleheaded household older age rural location among women variables among men literacy urbanity strongly associated several factors important hiv acquisition since literacy one variables improved interventions makes promising intervention target