Analysis on AIDS related knowledge,attitude and behavior among the different crowds in Shangcai Country of Henan Province

Objective:To investigate the knowledge, attitude and behavior associated with AIDS among the different popu- lation groups in Shangcai, and to provide evidence for the development of intergrated control measures. Methods: A cross-sectional survey with questionnaire was conducted among villagers of 15-49, middle school students, people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) and commercial sex workers (CSW) by two-stage cluster sampling or convenience sampling methods. The data were analyzed by SPSS11.5. Results: 442 villagers, 772 middle school students, 369 PLWHA and 150 CSW were investigated. The right ratios of the five knowledge of AIDS questions among the four population groups were 72.2% , 84.6%, 95.9% and 85.3%, respectively, and there were significant differences among the four ratios ( χ2=80.73,P0.001). The rates of the four crowds who were willing to continue affiliating with the infecting-HIV was 77.8%, 77.6%, 98.4% and 52.7% , respectively. The percentage of the PLWHA who had sexual behaviors in the past 3 months was 71.5%, with the rate of using condoms 92.0%. The using-condoms rate of the nearest once commercial sexual behaviors of the CSW was 86.7%, and hadn’t injected drugs in the past 6 months. Conclusion: The misapprehend toward HIV/AIDS is still exist a mong different crowds, there are still some dangerous behaviors spreading HIV. The suggestion that the educations of different and behavior intervention should be carried out aiming at different crowds for preventing AIDS.