Prevalence of HIV and associated risk factors among street-connected children in Mwanza city.
Journal
PloS one
ISSN: 1932-6203
Titre abrégé: PLoS One
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101285081
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
2022
2022
Historique:
received:
18
12
2020
accepted:
22
06
2022
entrez:
8
11
2022
pubmed:
9
11
2022
medline:
11
11
2022
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
While on the street, HIV infection among street-connected children is a challenging issue due to the nature of transmission, distribution, and prevention. Lack of proper care and protection, insufficient knowledge of the danger of acquiring HIV, and insufficient or absence of health facilities serving street-connected children have left this vulnerable group engaging in high-risk behaviors exposing them to acquiring HIV. This cross-sectional study aimed at estimating the prevalence of HIV infection and its associated risk factors among street-connected children aged between 10 to17 years in Mwanza City. The study was granted ethical clearance all permissions and restrictions to work with street-connected children were adhered to. A total of 131 participants aged 10-17 years were recruited for interviews and HIV testing. Exact logistic regression was used to determine factors associated with having HIV. A total of 111 (85.0%) boys and 20 (15.0%) girls responded to the questionnaire, with the median age being 15years. The overall HIV prevalence was 12.2% (16/131). Street-children using condoms were less likely to be affected by HIV compared to those who were not using (OR = 0.24; 95% CI 0.04-0.97). Females had higher odds of HIV infection compared to males (OR = 5.24; 95% CI of 1.24-24.65). The study shows a significantly higher prevalence of HIV among street-connected children as compared to the general population. Therefore, there should be tailored reproductive and sexual health programs, with the provision of protective materials like condoms.
Identifiants
pubmed: 36346792
doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0271042
pii: PONE-D-20-39240
pmc: PMC9642876
doi:
Banques de données
figshare
['10.6084/m9.figshare.19100579.v3']
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
e0271042Informations de copyright
Copyright: © 2022 Nyumayo et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist
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