Characteristics of risk-taking behaviors, HIV and AIDS knowledge, and risk perception among young males in Southwest China  

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Detels, Roger ; Li, Virginia ; Duan, Song ; Li, Zhirong ; Bi, Xiuqiong ; Huang, Sufen ; Jia, Manhong ; Dong Lelong ; Zhang, Jiapeng ; Cheng, H. ; Zunyou, Wu

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Aids Education and Prevention: An Interdisciplinary Journal vol. 09 no. 02 (Apr. 1997), page 147-160.
Topik: HIV/AIDS prevention; HIV/AIDS knowledge; HIV/AIDS; HIV

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Perpustakaan PKPM Nomor Panggil: A94 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada

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A cross-sectional survey was undertaken to describe risk-taking behaviors and to assess the knowledge and risk perception of HIV and AIDS among young males aged 18 to 29 years in 82 villages in Longchuan, Yunnan, China, in 1994. Information on demographic, behavioral, and drug-using factors, and knowledge of HIV transmission and prevention, and risk perception was collected using an interviewer-administered anonymous questionnaire. A total of 1,548 individuals were interviewed and 433 drug users, including 52 nonsharing injectors and 140 sharing injectors, were identified. Over half the individuals scored 0 on HIV knowledge, but knowledge was greater among nonsharing drug injectors. Most drug injectors had initiated drug injection after 1990. The reported incidence continues to increase in all three major ethnic groups. Sharing of equipment was common (73%) among injectors. Drug users were four times more

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