Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices of Voluntary HIV Counseling and Testing among Rural Migrants in Shanghai, China

Autor/inn/en	He, Na; Zhang, Jinling; Yao, Jinjian; Tian, Xiuhong; Zhao, Genming; Jiang, Qingwu; Detels, Roger
Titel	Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices of Voluntary HIV Counseling and Testing among Rural Migrants in Shanghai, China
Quelle	In: AIDS Education and Prevention, 21 (2009) 6, S.570-581 (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0899-9546
DOI	10.1521/aeap.2009.21.6.570
Schlagwörter	Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS); Disease Control; Sexually Transmitted Diseases; Foreign Countries; Migrants; Knowledge Level; Counseling; Rural Areas; Questionnaires; Sexuality; Contraception; Health Behavior; Diagnostic Tests; Testing; Gender Differences; Correlation; Risk; China + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sexual transmitted disease; Geschlechtskrankheit; Ausland; Migrantin; Wissensbasis; Counselling; Beratung; Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; Fragebogen; Sexualität; Empfängnisverhütung; Health behaviour; Gesundheitsverhalten; Diagnostic test; Diagnostischer Test; Testdurchführung; Testen; Geschlechterkonflikt; Korrelation; Risiko
Abstract	A study of knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAP) of voluntary HIV counseling and testing (VCT) among rural migrants was conducted in Shanghai, China. An anonymous questionnaire was administered face-to-face. Among 2,690 participants, 78% reported having had lifetime sexual intercourse with 41.3% of singles reporting sexual intercourse, 9.2% having had multiple sex partners in the past year, only 19% of the participants always using condoms whereas 61.6% did not use in their sexual acts in the past month, 80% knew HIV infection was diagnosed through a blood test, 46.5% had heard of VCT ever before, but only 3.5% felt that they were likely to be HIV-infected now or in the future and only 62 (2.3%) had ever had HIV testing with 19 of them getting tested at a VCT site. Gender, working venue, multiple sex partnerships and knowledge of VCT were independently correlated with having had HIV testing. This study suggests that a much greater effort is needed to promote safer sex and to improve VCT knowledge and services among rural migrants particularly those who are engaging in risky behaviors. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10