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Knowledge, attitude and practices regarding HIV/AIDS among adult fishermen in coastal areas of Karachi
BACKGROUND: Migrant populations are at high risk of Human Immuno Deficiency Virus infection (HIV) and Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS). Studies of HIV/AIDS knowledge, attitudes and practices among fishermen in developing countries have shown gaps in knowledge and fear of contagion with ambi...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4046521/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24886122 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-14-437 |
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author | Zafar, Mubashir Nisar, Nighat Kadir, Masood Fatmi, Zafar Ahmed, Zeeshan Shafique, Kashif |
author_facet | Zafar, Mubashir Nisar, Nighat Kadir, Masood Fatmi, Zafar Ahmed, Zeeshan Shafique, Kashif |
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description | BACKGROUND: Migrant populations are at high risk of Human Immuno Deficiency Virus infection (HIV) and Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS). Studies of HIV/AIDS knowledge, attitudes and practices among fishermen in developing countries have shown gaps in knowledge and fear of contagion with ambivalent attitudes towards HIV/AIDS and inconsistent universal precautions adherence. The aim of this study was to determine the knowledge, attitude and practices regarding HIV/AIDS among adult fishermen in a coastal area of Karachi, Pakistan. METHODS: Community based cross sectional study was conducted among fishermen in coastal area of Karachi from June to September 2012. A total of 297 adult fishermen were selected by using simple random sampling technique from different sectors of coastal village. Data were collected using a structured validated questionnaire. The frequency distribution of both dependent and independent variables were worked out. Comparisons of knowledge, attitude and practices regarding HIV/AIDS by socio-demographic characteristics were made using logistic regression. RESULTS: Out of 297 fishermen, majority had in-appropriate knowledge (93.6%), negative attitude (75.8%) and less adherent sexual practices (91.6%). In univariate analysis, lower education and higher income were significantly associated (OR 2.25, 95% CI, 1.11, 4.55), (OR = 3.04 CI 1.03-9.02, p value 0.04) with negative attitude and un-safe practices towards HIV/AIDS respectively, whereas no significant association of socio-economic characteristics with knowledge, attitude and practices were observed in multivariate analysis. CONCLUSIONS: This study suggests that fishermen had very poor knowledge, negative attitudes towards HIV and AIDS and had unsafe sexual practices which suggest that they lack the basic understanding of HIV/AIDS infection. Extensive health education campaign should be provided to the vulnerable sections of the society for the control of HIV/AIDS. |
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spelling | pubmed-40465212014-06-06 Knowledge, attitude and practices regarding HIV/AIDS among adult fishermen in coastal areas of Karachi Zafar, Mubashir Nisar, Nighat Kadir, Masood Fatmi, Zafar Ahmed, Zeeshan Shafique, Kashif BMC Public Health Research Article BACKGROUND: Migrant populations are at high risk of Human Immuno Deficiency Virus infection (HIV) and Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS). Studies of HIV/AIDS knowledge, attitudes and practices among fishermen in developing countries have shown gaps in knowledge and fear of contagion with ambivalent attitudes towards HIV/AIDS and inconsistent universal precautions adherence. The aim of this study was to determine the knowledge, attitude and practices regarding HIV/AIDS among adult fishermen in a coastal area of Karachi, Pakistan. METHODS: Community based cross sectional study was conducted among fishermen in coastal area of Karachi from June to September 2012. A total of 297 adult fishermen were selected by using simple random sampling technique from different sectors of coastal village. Data were collected using a structured validated questionnaire. The frequency distribution of both dependent and independent variables were worked out. Comparisons of knowledge, attitude and practices regarding HIV/AIDS by socio-demographic characteristics were made using logistic regression. RESULTS: Out of 297 fishermen, majority had in-appropriate knowledge (93.6%), negative attitude (75.8%) and less adherent sexual practices (91.6%). In univariate analysis, lower education and higher income were significantly associated (OR 2.25, 95% CI, 1.11, 4.55), (OR = 3.04 CI 1.03-9.02, p value 0.04) with negative attitude and un-safe practices towards HIV/AIDS respectively, whereas no significant association of socio-economic characteristics with knowledge, attitude and practices were observed in multivariate analysis. CONCLUSIONS: This study suggests that fishermen had very poor knowledge, negative attitudes towards HIV and AIDS and had unsafe sexual practices which suggest that they lack the basic understanding of HIV/AIDS infection. Extensive health education campaign should be provided to the vulnerable sections of the society for the control of HIV/AIDS. BioMed Central 2014-05-10 /pmc/articles/PMC4046521/ /pubmed/24886122 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-14-437 Text en Copyright © 2014 Zafar et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Zafar, Mubashir Nisar, Nighat Kadir, Masood Fatmi, Zafar Ahmed, Zeeshan Shafique, Kashif Knowledge, attitude and practices regarding HIV/AIDS among adult fishermen in coastal areas of Karachi |
title | Knowledge, attitude and practices regarding HIV/AIDS among adult fishermen in coastal areas of Karachi |
title_full | Knowledge, attitude and practices regarding HIV/AIDS among adult fishermen in coastal areas of Karachi |
title_fullStr | Knowledge, attitude and practices regarding HIV/AIDS among adult fishermen in coastal areas of Karachi |
title_full_unstemmed | Knowledge, attitude and practices regarding HIV/AIDS among adult fishermen in coastal areas of Karachi |
title_short | Knowledge, attitude and practices regarding HIV/AIDS among adult fishermen in coastal areas of Karachi |
title_sort | knowledge, attitude and practices regarding hiv/aids among adult fishermen in coastal areas of karachi |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4046521/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24886122 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-14-437 |
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