AIDS 2002
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            Code :ThPeE7887

            Title :Knowledge of HIV/AIDS among mobile population 

            Authors :M R . Nguyen Duc Thang
            Researcher, Hanoi, Vietnam
            Abstract:

            HIV/AIDS infection have been becoming serious health problem in Viet 
            Nam, the main transmission of HIV/AIDS is through unsafety in drug 
            using (65%) and sexuality. They formulate high-risk groups of drug 
            users, mobile construction workers and long distant drivers who 
            immigrate from rural to urban area. Most of them are young men and 
            at the age of sexual active, they become high-risk of HIV/AIDS 
            infection and contribute to transmit HIV to others In this research 
            we have interviewed 300 men who were mobile construction workers, 
            aged from 16 to 40 and were staying in Ha Noi Our objective was to 
            assess knowledge of men who are mobile construction workers living 
            in Hanoi city on threat and effect of HIV transmission. We also 
            study on safety behaviors among these targets and encourage positive 
            attitude for HIV prevention activities
            Methodology: Quantitative research by interview base on 
            questionnaire, including 300 people


            Results: On personal specifics of targets: 38% in aged from 20 to 
            25; 24,6% at primary education level, 73,4% at secondary education 
            level and beyond. Most of them are married: 95%. Review from 20 
            questions on HIV/AIDS showed out that: 68,3% people who have 
            accurate awareness on HIV prevention, 85,7% think they have no risk 
            infected HIV. When asking the reason why they think themselves not 
            vulnerable to HIV, 24,7% said that they do not have sex, 54,7% said 
            that have only one partner, 48,3% said that they use condom, 46% 
            said that they do not use drug 
            Discussion: sexual life of mobile construction workers is rather 
            various, they accept all types of partner. Though they have a 
            certain knowledge on HIV/AIDS, in fact of their sexual life they 
            only care whilst having sex with commercial sex-workers without care 
            with regular and irregular partners One problem need to be 
            considered is that percentage of people over drunk of wine and drug 
            injection among mobile workers is very high. This can create 
            conditions for HIV to transmit to the community





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