Awareness of HIV /AIDS and its related factors among residents in Huaiyuan county

Objective To understand AIDS related knowledge and its influencing factors among residents in Huaiyuan county,and supply evidence for targeted health education.Methods By stratified cluster sampling,we conducted a survey on 400 villagers and 400 township residents from Huaiyuan county via questionnaire response,and analyzed the awareness rates of AIDS knowledge and related influential factors.Results The awareness rate of AIDS knowledge in urban residents(73.25%) was evidently higher than that in rural residents(63.25%) and there was statistical significance(χ2 = 13.52,P 0.001).With the improvement of education degree,the awareness rate of AIDS were improved significantly(χ2 = 44.36,P 0.001).The logistic aggression analysis showed that education degrees(OR = 0.688,P = 0.004),consultation service(OR = 0.373,P = 0.036) and free publicity material(OR = 0.071,P 0.001) were the positive factors,the newspaper and books(OR = 2.392,P 0.001) and doctor(OR = 2.979,P 0.001) were the negative factors for AIDS knowledge.Conclusions The residents especially the rural areas in this county should improve their AIDS knowledge.The consultation service and free publicity material were used to improve AIDS knowledge.