Appendix E
Table E.1 Levels of HIV/AIDS Basic Knowledge in Different Population Groups Country
High basic knowledge
Low basic knowledge
Afghanistan
University students (Mansoor et al. 2008) FSWs (World Bank 2008) HCWs (Todd et al. 2009)
General population women (Todd et al. 2007) General population women (van Egmond et al. 2004) Intrapartum patients (Todd et al. 2009) TB patients (Todd et al. 2007) High-risk groups (Action Aid Afghanistan 2006) IDUs (Zafar et al. 2003) FSWs (Action Aid Afghanistan 2006)
Djibouti
High school students (Rodier et al. 1993)
Egypt, Arab Republic of
Nurses and university graduates (Mohsen 1998) General population women (Measure DHS 2004) General population women (NEJM 2008) Ever-married women (Measure DHS 2006) General population (Kabbash et al. 2007) Drug users (Salama et al. 1998) IDUs (Egypt MOH and Population National AIDS Program 2006) FSWs (Egypt MOH and Population National AIDS Program 2006) MSM (Egypt MOH and Population National AIDS Program 2006) MSM (El-Sayyed, Kabbash, and El-Gueniedy 2008)
Iran, Islamic Republic of
Adolescents (Yazdi et al. 2006) Youth (Tehrani and Malek-Afzalip 2008) General population (Montazeri 2005) General population (Askarian, Mirzaei, and Assadian 2007) Truck drivers (Tehrani and Malek-Afzalip 2008) Teachers (Mazloomy and Baghianimoghadam 2008) Runaways and other women seeking safe haven (Hajiabdolbaghi et al. 2007) Prisoners (Nakhaee 2002) FSWs (Tehrani and Malek-Afzalip 2008) MSM (Eftekhar et al. 2008) Former prisoners (Ebrahim 2008)
Iraq
General population women (NEJM 2008)
Jordan
General population women (Measure DHS 1998) General population women (Measure DHS 2003) General population women (NEJM 2008)
Kuwait
Different populations (Al-Owaish et al. 1999)
Street children (Egypt MOH and Population National AIDS Program 2006) Squatter populations (Shama, Fiala, and Abbas 2002)
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