A HIV/AIDS Prevention Program for Married Women in Rural Northern Thailand

2001 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 83 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dinlaga Tripiboon
Keyword(s):  
Intervention Program ◽  
Aids Prevention ◽  
Married Women ◽  
Unprotected Sex ◽  
Heterosexual Transmission ◽  
Internal Factors ◽  
Northern Thailand ◽  
Agents Of Change ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Hiv Aids

HIV/ AIDS transmission is a major threat to married women around the world and especially in developing areas such as rural northern Thailand. Heterosexual transmission is the dominant route by which this disease is acquired. Married women routinely have unprotected sex with their husbands and have limited ability to change this behaviour to protect themselves. Specific intervention is needed to enable married women to take action to protect themselves from HIV/AIDS. The study aims to develop, conduct and evaluate the effectiveness of an HIV/AIDS prevention and intervention program in rural northern Thailand. It used a community development model to enable married women to improve their internal factors of self-efficacy, self-esteem and hope and to increase their behavioural skills for negotiation of safe sex practices and condom use with their husbands. The method was used in which eight villages were randomly assigned to either treatment or control conditions, with the village as the unit of randomisation. The intervention program was delivered by health volunteers and trained as agents of change to motivate and mobilise married women in the program. The intervention was implemented through community mobilisation and a grass roots community-based initiative. Pretest and post-test questionnaires were administered to assess internal factors and behaviour skills among 607 married women aged between 18-49 who were living in the villages participating in the study. The results of the intervention program showed enhanced internal factors among the married women. Most importantly, the number of married women demonstrating ability in negotiation skills increased from 33% to 92%, and the percentage of couples using condoms more frequently increased from 24% to 59%. In conclusion, the trial demonstrated that HIV/AIDS prevention intervention increases married women?s ability to protect themselves against HIV infection. This inexpensive education and skills building package to help the prevention level of HIV/AIDS could be widely implemented throughout Thailand and in other developing countries, which have similar social structures

Association Between Decision Making Autonomy and Knowledge of HIV/AIDS Prevention among ever Married Women in Bangladesh

2006 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 155-163 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aklimunnessa Khandoker ◽  
M.M.H. Khan . ◽  
Nazmul Ahsan . ◽  
M. Fazley Elahi Chow . ◽  
M. Kabir . ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Aids Prevention ◽  
Married Women ◽  
Hiv Aids

scholarly journals Evaluation of an HIV-Related Workshop for Adolescents at a Secondary School in Germany

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (12) ◽  
pp. 157
Author(s):  
Burt Davis ◽  
Katharina Grosser
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Hiv Transmission ◽  
Unprotected Sex ◽  
Hiv Status ◽  
Design Changes ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Knowledge Levels ◽  
Basic Facts ◽  
Mother To Child ◽  
Hiv Aids

This study set out to establish to what extent an HIV-related awareness workshop involving German adolescents at a secondary school in Brandenburg can help to increase knowledge levels about this disease. Only a few studies have explored what German youths know about HIV, with none so far evaluating a workshop aimed at increasing HIV-related knowledge levels among this cohort. In a pre-test post-test design, changes in participants’ knowledge levels related to the risk of HIV transmission associated with different types of exposures or behaviors such as unprotected sex, mother-to-child-transmission, blood transfusions, and shaking hands were assessed. Previous studies have shown that German youths lack knowledge in this regard. From pre-test to post-test, there was a statistically significant increase in knowledge levels about the risk of HIV transmission. However, knowledge levels about the risk of HIV transmission was relatively low. An average of 59.2% questions were answered correctly at pre-test vs. 68.1% of questions at post-test. The present study underlines that an awareness workshop can be a useful tool to improve knowledge levels about the risk of HIV transmission among youths. However, the results also revealed that there is still some work to be done to educate young Germans about the basic facts around HIV/AIDS. Although HIV incidence rate in Germany has been slightly decreasing, there is a growing number of new infections among people who are unaware of their HIV status – while research shows that youths in this country are seemingly complacent about the danger of HIV/AIDS, and often do not use condoms during sex.

scholarly journals Knowledge, attitude, and perception of HIV / AIDS among married women

2014 ◽  
Vol 2 (04) ◽  
pp. 36-40
Author(s):  
Mallikarjun K. Biradar ◽  
Santosh M. Birada
Keyword(s):  
Pregnant Women ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Analysis Data ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Married Women ◽  
Unprotected Sex ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Training Centre ◽  
Mother To Child ◽  
Hiv Aids

Background: In India, the rising prevalence of HIV among pregnant women is of great concern. Pregnant women are much receptive on health matters. So, it is important to assess their knowledge, attitude and perception regarding HIV/AIDS. Aims: To know the knowledge and to know the various factors influencing the knowledge regarding HIV/AIDS in married women. Setting and design: The present community based cross sectional study was carried out in rural health training centre Ukkali, which belongs to department of community medicine, BLDE University’s Shri B.M. Patil medical college, Bijapur. Materials and methods: A total of 1182 married women, aged between 15 – 45years were interviewed. Pretested, pre designed questionnaire were administered to them. Statistical analysis: Data was compiled, tabulated and analyzed using percentages. Results and Conclusion: Among the study population majority (77.5%) heard about HIV/AIDS and (45.6%) gained knowledge about HIV/AIDS through health worker, (29.3%) through media and (14.9%) through doctors. Among the participants, 20.4% told that HIV/AIDS spreads through unprotected sex, 17.0% through blood products and 6.3% through mother to child. Most (57.3%) of the study participants did not know about mother to child transmission. Knowledge about HIV/AIDS is crucial for married women because of increasing prevalence of this infection. There is a need for more information directly and indirectly through consistent awareness program among married women residing in rural areas.

KNOWLEDGE AND AWARENESS OF HIV/AIDS AMONG MARRIED AND NEVER MARRIED ADULTS (25-35 YEARS) IN MUMBAI and THANE DISTRICT

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (36) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rege K. ◽  
Ingle H. ◽  
Mallya S. ◽  
Qureshi J. ◽  
Shah V.
Keyword(s):  
Nuclear Family ◽  
White Blood Cells ◽  
Night Sweat ◽  
Married Women ◽  
Unprotected Sex ◽  
The Body ◽  
Family Type ◽  
Never Married ◽  
Married Men ◽  
Hiv Aids

AIDS is an illness that damages a person‘s ability to fight off disease, leaving the body open to attack from ordinarily innocuous infections and some forms of cancers. AIDS is caused by a virus called HIV, which stands for Human Immunodeficiency Virus. This virus infects certain types of white blood cells. People infected with HIV may have no symptoms for ten or more years. They may not know they are infected. The objectives of the study was to ascertain the knowledge and awareness regarding HIV/AIDS in terms of: i) meaning ii) reasons iii) symptoms iv) precautions v) role of media vi) treatment and therapy vii) stigma and discrimination viii) challenges and strategies to overcome challenges among the age group of 25-35 years among married and never married males and females. The sample consisted of 120 participants (30 married men, 30 married women, 30 never married men, and 30 never married women) ages 25-35 years. Most of the participants belonged to nuclear family (49.2%) hailed from various religions, such as Hindu (48%); Jain (34.2%). Most participants were graduates (42%) and a few, post graduate (32%). More of the participants were professionals (28.3%) and a few in businesses (25%). The self-constructed tool was divided into two categories a) Proforma [18 introductory questions, such as gender family type] and b) knowledge and awareness related 9 items such as, meaning, reasons, symptoms regarding HIV/AIDS. Results revealed that a little more than one third of the total participants indicated the meaning of term AIDS, as a disease and disorder such as a sexual disorder and a few stated the meaning of term HIV as a disease, such as, sexual disease, and illness. Almost all mentioned about unprotected sex with person suffering from HIV/AIDS, a substantial majority also stated of blood transfusion as a reason. A large majority also stated of reused syringes/injections, blade/razor or any sharp thing. A majority of the participants mentioned about recurring fever, chills and night sweat; most of them also mentioned about sore throat when asked about the symptoms in HIV/AIDS affected patient. A substantial majority stated that always use new, disposable needle, syringes and razor blades, almost the same number of participants indicated using contraceptives correctly and consistently; and avoid multiple sexual partners when asked about precautions to be taken to avoid HIV/AIDS.

scholarly journals Effect of Educational Intervention on Knowledge Regarding HIV/AIDS among Nursing Assistant Students of Shree Birendra Hospital, Nepal

2016 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-16
Author(s):  
Padma Rai ◽  
Anita Adhikari ◽  
Manjari Bajracharya
Keyword(s):  
Educational Intervention ◽  
Hiv Transmission ◽  
Infected Individual ◽  
Unprotected Sex ◽  
Sexual Practices ◽  
Nursing Assistant ◽  
High Risk Behaviors ◽  
Test Study ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Hiv Aids

Introduction: HIV/AIDS is a serious health problem all across the world. The modes of HIV transmission are unprotected sex with infected individual, injection or transfusion of HIV infected blood or blood products, donations of infected semen, organ transplants taken from an infected person and sharing of unsterilized injection equipment. The alarmingly increasing rate of prevalence of HIV among the youths due to engagement in high risk behaviors show that there is a desperate need for assessments to be conducted to ascertain the existing knowledge, attitudes and sexual practices of youths. Methods: One group pre and post-test experimental research design was adopted for the study. The pretest study was conducted on 4 December, 2012; followed by post- test study after two weeks. The study group was provided with course on HIV/AIDS between the tests. The study was carried out in 121 students of nursing assistants of Shree Birendra Hospital. Results:  The findings show that the level of knowledge after educational intervention increases significantly. Conclusion: Educational intervention is likely to be significant in increasing awareness about HIV/AIDS.

“If We Have to Die, We Just Die”: Challenges and Opportunities for Tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS Prevention and Care in Northern Thailand

2005 ◽  
Vol 15 (9) ◽  
pp. 1164-1179 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jintana Ngamvithayapong-Yanai ◽  
Anna Winkvist ◽  
Sarmwai Luangjina ◽  
Vinod Diwan
Keyword(s):  
Aids Prevention ◽  
Northern Thailand ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Hiv Aids
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