作者
S Chaturvedi, Z Singh, A Banerjee, A Khera, RK Joshi, D Dhrubajyoti
发表日期
2006/7/1
期刊
Indian Journal of Community Medicine
卷号
31
期号
3
页码范围
153
出版商
Medknow
简介
Objectives:
To study the knowledge of long distance truck drivers about HIV/AIDS and to study the sexual behavior of these drivers with reference to HIV/AIDS.
Material & Methods:
Cross sectional study was conducted on Pune Ahmednagar highway. Age, educational status, sexual behaviour and knowledge were studied among long distance truck drivers. Chi square, mean and SD were calculated.
Results:
283 truck drivers participated in the study. Of these 275 (97.2%) were aware of HIV/AIDS. Though 268 (94.69%) had knowledge of transmission by heterosexual route, knowledge of other routes of transmission was lower. Misconceptions about HIV transmission such as spread of the disease by sharing meals, mosquito bite and using same toilet were high. 128 (45.23%) truck drivers had more than 5 sexual partners. 162 (57.24%) had exposure to Commercial Sex Workers (CSW) out of which only 11 (6.8%) had …
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