Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về y học được đăng trên tạp chí y học Wertheim cung cấp cho các bạn kiến thức về ngành y đề tài: Media and education play a tremendous role in mounting AIDS awareness among married couples in Bangladesh. | AIDS Research and Therapy BioMed Central Research Media and education play a tremendous role in mounting AIDS awareness among married couples in Bangladesh Mohammad Shafiqur Rahman and Mohammad Lutfor Rahman Open Access Address Institute of Statistical Research Training University of Dhaka Dhaka-1000 Bangladesh Email Mohammad Shafiqur Rahman - shafiqstat@ Mohammad Lutfor Rahman - shaheenisrt@ Corresponding author Published 12 May 2007 Received 23 November 2005 AIDS Research and Therapy 2007 4 10 doi l742-6405-4-l0 Accepted 12 May 2007 This article is available from http content 4 l 10 2007 Rahman and Rahman licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background To quarantine the spreading possibility of HIV virus to general population boosting public awareness is must. But the proper awareness level is substantially low in Bangladesh. This paper aims to identify the factors associated with the awareness regarding HIV AIDS through a bivariate and multivariate analysis using the data extracted from Bangladesh Demography and Health Survey BDHS l999-2000. Results The findings of both techniques show that education occupation socioeconomic status status of household food consumption area of residence and media exposure have significant p contribution in determining HIV AIDS awareness level. It also reveals that media particularly TV and education play the leading role regarding this issue while the others have an indirect relationship. The odds of awareness among higher educated women and men were and times of no educated women and men respectively. In addition both women and men those who regularly watch TV were times more likely to be aware .
