Perceived Risk Modifies the Effect of HIV Knowledge on Sexual Risk Behaviors

Frontiers in Public Health
Gholamhossein NoroozinejadKhodabakhsh Ahmadi

Abstract

There is a large controversy in the literature about the inter-relations between perceived risk, knowledge, and risk behavior in different settings, and people at HIV risk are not an exception. To assess additive and multiplicative effect of perceived HIV risk and HIV knowledge on sexual risk behavior of Injecting Drug Users (IDUs). We enrolled 162 street based IDUs to this analysis. Data came from a national survey of IDUs in Iran, with a cross sectional design. Socio-demographics (employment, education, marital status), HIV knowledge, perceived HIV risk, and four different sexual risk behavior were registered. In the first step, using spearman test, the association of HIV knowledge and risk behavior were tested, then possible moderating effect of perceived HIV risk on this association was determined. Although among IDUs with low perceived HIV risk, HIV knowledge was negatively associated with sexual risk behavior (P < 0.05 for all), this association was not significant among IDUs with high perceived HIV risk (P > 0.05 for all). Thus perceived HIV risk moderated the association between HIV knowledge and sexual risk behavior. Perceived risk should be taken into consideration when studying the effect of HIV knowledge on sexual r...Continue Reading

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Oct 28, 2014·Frontiers in Psychiatry·Shervin AssariKhodabakhsh Ahmadi
Oct 3, 2021·Archives of Sexual Behavior·Eva van EmpelJennifer Manne-Goehler

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