A pilot study on preventing intervention of STD/AIDS in population of mobile construction workers of Nanning City, Guangxi

Objective To investigate the ways and tactics of STD/AIDS intervention in the population of mobile construction workers, to evaluate the effects of the intervention of procedures, and to offer scientific evidences for the AIDS controlling.Methods Among all the building sites lasting at lest 6 months in Nanning, 2 were randomly chosen as survey sample. Intervention procedures included: giving education information about STD/AIDS knowledge, recommending to use and offering condoms, giving education about refusing drugs, offering syringes and, as a part of the behavior education,teaching safe injection to the drug abuser; etc.Results 5.51% of the workers recognized that they used to suffer from STD; 1.27% were found to have evidences about STD, at the time of body exam. After intervention procedures, the sate of right answering about STD/HIV knowledge was raised from 26.70% to 46.18%; the ratio of those workers who would adopt an active attitude towards the STD/HIV infected persons (for example: suggesting them to look for active treatment) was raised from 73.31% to 88.54%; while the ratio of those who would adopt a negative attitude towards the infected persons, because of fear,decreased from 19.07% to 7.99%; the ratio of those who would use condoms every time when they make love with their unstable sexual partners, was raised from 0.00% to 17.36%. All the differences mentioned above were of statistical significance. The top needs of the STD infected workers included: proficient doctors, secret and cheap services of prevention and clinical treatment, and good transportation.Conclusion It should be considered as effective and feasible to carry on STD/HIV intervention in population of mobile construction workers.