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November 21, 2025BMC Public HealthOpen Access

Evaluating factors associated with awareness and attitude towards pre-exposure prophylaxis among cisgender sexually active women in Ghana

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MDMichael DeynuJOJerry John Ouner

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Overview

Secondary analysis reveals low awareness of PrEP in sexually active women, indicating targeted education efforts are needed.

Key Points

  • To examine factors associated with awareness and attitude towards pre-exposure prophylaxis among sexually active women in Ghana.
  • Secondary analysis of the 2022 Ghana demographic and health survey data
  • Sample of 3981 sexually active women aged 15-49 years
  • Percent and multiple logistic regression models used to estimate prevalence and factors associated with PrEP awareness
  • Analyses conducted using STATA version 18
  • PrEP awareness was low at 20.0%
  • Married/living with a partner associated with lower odds of PrEP awareness
  • Women in rural areas had significantly lower odds of being aware of PrEP
  • Access to media positively correlated with awareness, especially newspaper and radio
  • Higher education linked to greater awareness of PrEP

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Deynu et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6924e3ffc0ce034ddc34f5cehttps://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-025-25303-6
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