BMC public health · 2026
Region of residence, exposure to the media, and awareness of sexually transmitted infections among women in Ghana.
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Boakye Anthony Edward, Tekpertey Rita, Mensah Peter
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BACKGROUND: Sexually transmitted infections have a direct impact on sexual and reproductive health, causing stigma, infertility, malignancies, and pregnancy difficulties, and can significantly raise the risk of acquiring and transmitting human immunodeficiency syndrome .
OBJECTIVE: Based on this, the study aimed to investigate how region of residence and exposure to the media influence women's awareness of sexually transmitted infections in Ghana.
METHODS: The study made use of the 2022 Ghana Demographic and Health Survey datasets which was provided by Monitoring and Evaluation to Assess and Use Results Demographic and Health Survey program. Using these datasets, the study examined 2894 women aged 15-49 years to ascertain if region of residence, and exposure to the media are key predictors of women's sexually transmitted infections awareness. Statistical Package for the Social Sciences version 27 was used to process the data and were analyzed with frequency distribution, chi-square test, and binary logistic regression. The frequency distribution was used to aggregate participants' responses into proportions. The Pearson's chi-squared test of independence was used to test the hypotheses postulated in the study, either to confirm or reject the null hypotheses while the binary logistic regression was used to determine the effect of the independent variables on the dependent variable .
RESULTS: Overall, 98.5% of women are aware of sexually transmitted infections. Women in the Western region (p < 0.001; aOR = 1. 14; 95%CI: 3.44-3.81), those in Central (p < 0.001; aOR = 1. 03; 95%CI: 3.27-3.28), Volta (p < 0.001; aOR = 1.15; 95%CI: 3.58-3.74), Eastern (p < 0.001; aOR = 8.70; 95%CI: 2.72-2.77), Ashanti (p < 0.001; aOR = 1.03; 95%CI: 3.10-3.46), Oti (p < 0.001; aOR = 6.79; 95%CI: 2.14-2.15), and Savannah (p = 0.008; aOR = 5.64; 95%CI: 1.57-20.15) regions had a higher likelihood of sexually transmitted infections awareness compared with those in the Upper West. Women who had not used internet at all last month prior to the study (p = 0.004; aOR = 19.87; 95%CI: 2.61-150.90), and those who had used internet at least once a week last month prior to the study (p < 0.001; aOR = 1.62; 95%CI: 3.10-8.46) had greater odds of sexually transmitted infections awareness.
CONCLUSION: Our study shows that region of residence, listening to the radio, watching television, and using the internet were associated with women's sexually transmitted infections awareness. These findings highlight the need to expand media access nationwide to improve sexually transmitted infections awareness and prevention efforts in Ghana.
OBJECTIVE: Based on this, the study aimed to investigate how region of residence and exposure to the media influence women's awareness of sexually transmitted infections in Ghana.
METHODS: The study made use of the 2022 Ghana Demographic and Health Survey datasets which was provided by Monitoring and Evaluation to Assess and Use Results Demographic and Health Survey program. Using these datasets, the study examined 2894 women aged 15-49 years to ascertain if region of residence, and exposure to the media are key predictors of women's sexually transmitted infections awareness. Statistical Package for the Social Sciences version 27 was used to process the data and were analyzed with frequency distribution, chi-square test, and binary logistic regression. The frequency distribution was used to aggregate participants' responses into proportions. The Pearson's chi-squared test of independence was used to test the hypotheses postulated in the study, either to confirm or reject the null hypotheses while the binary logistic regression was used to determine the effect of the independent variables on the dependent variable .
RESULTS: Overall, 98.5% of women are aware of sexually transmitted infections. Women in the Western region (p < 0.001; aOR = 1. 14; 95%CI: 3.44-3.81), those in Central (p < 0.001; aOR = 1. 03; 95%CI: 3.27-3.28), Volta (p < 0.001; aOR = 1.15; 95%CI: 3.58-3.74), Eastern (p < 0.001; aOR = 8.70; 95%CI: 2.72-2.77), Ashanti (p < 0.001; aOR = 1.03; 95%CI: 3.10-3.46), Oti (p < 0.001; aOR = 6.79; 95%CI: 2.14-2.15), and Savannah (p = 0.008; aOR = 5.64; 95%CI: 1.57-20.15) regions had a higher likelihood of sexually transmitted infections awareness compared with those in the Upper West. Women who had not used internet at all last month prior to the study (p = 0.004; aOR = 19.87; 95%CI: 2.61-150.90), and those who had used internet at least once a week last month prior to the study (p < 0.001; aOR = 1.62; 95%CI: 3.10-8.46) had greater odds of sexually transmitted infections awareness.
CONCLUSION: Our study shows that region of residence, listening to the radio, watching television, and using the internet were associated with women's sexually transmitted infections awareness. These findings highlight the need to expand media access nationwide to improve sexually transmitted infections awareness and prevention efforts in Ghana.