HIV transmission knowledge among Rohingya refugee women in Bangladesh: a cross-sectional survey.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objective

Increasing numbers of Rohingya refugees have been found to be infected with HIV since they arrived in Bangladesh after being ousted from Myanmar in 2017. This study aimed to examine the knowledge about HIV transmission among Rohingya refugee women and to identify factors that are associated with that knowledge.

Design

A cross-sectional survey was conducted using a structured questionnaire that was based on the standard questionnaire of the Demographic and Health Survey programme.

Setting

Rohingya settlements in the Kutupalong refugee camp at Ukhiya, Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh.

Participants

Interviews were conducted with 508 women who had married or given birth in the 2 years before the survey was done.

Outcome measure

The participan

SUBMITTER: Khan MN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8488728 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature