Variables Yes % No % IDN %
Has heard of HIV/AIDS 408 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Has heard of HIV/AIDS prevention methods 401 98.3 7 1.7 0 0.0
Healthy looking person can have the virus 205 50.2 141 34.6 62 15.2
There is special medication for PMCT* 320 78.4 50 12.3 38 9.3
There is special medication to persons who have HIV/AIDS 345 84.6 36 8.8 27 6.6
Means of transmission Unprotected sex 386 95.0 22 5.0 0 0.0
Sharing sharp instrument 352 86.3 56 13.7 0 0.0
Blood transmission without test 344 84.3 64 15.7 0 0.0
Intravenous drug use 207 50.7 201 49.3 0 0.0
during pregnancy 275 67.4 104 25.5 29 7.1
during delivery 331 81.1 55 13.5 22 5.4
during breast feeding 318 77.9 55 13.5 35 8.6
Misconceptions about transmissions of HIV Mosquitoes bite 57 14.0 298 73.0 53 13.0
Sharing foods 35 8.6 358 87.7 15 3.7
Curse of God 227 55.6 125 30.6 56 13.7
Means of prevetion method/prevention strategy Being faithful to one partner 247 60.5 133 32.6 28 6.9
Condom use 294 72.1 80 19.6 34 8.3
Abstinence 322 78.9 59 14.5 27 6.6
Voluntary counselling and testing 354 86.8 38 9.3 16 3.9
Limit sex with one partner 371 90.9 37 8.3 0 0.0
Limit number of sexual partners 304 74.5 104 25.5 0 0.0
Avoid sex with prostitutes 330 80.9 78 19.1 0 0.0
Avoid sex with persons who have many sexual partners 340 83.3 68 16.7 0 0.0
Avoid sex with homosexuals 292 71.6 116 28.4 0 0.0
Avoidblood transfusion without test 338 82.6 70 17.2 0 0.0
Avoid sharing razors/blades 353 86.5 55 13.5 0 0.0
*prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV
N.B. Finally, comprehensive knowledge among the participants is 88.3% (361/408)
Table 2: Presents frequency of the participants knowledge about HIV/AIDS transmission, prevention and some misconceptions in hosanna town, Hadiya zone, Southern, Ethiopia, May 2013 (N= 408).