Awareness about modes of transmission of HIV/AIDS and related misconceptions among housewives in district Ludhiana, Punjab
Journal Title: National Journal of Research in Community Medicine - Year 2015, Vol 4, Issue 3
Abstract
Introduction: Most HIV infections among women who do not engage in sex work, in rural and urban areas, are attributable to their husbands’ risky behavior. So the present study was planned to assess the awareness levels among housewives regarding modes of transmission of HIV/AIDS and also related misconceptions were explored .Methods : A community based study was conducted among housewives in rural & urban field practice area of Department of Community Medicine ,D.M.C&H Ludhiana district . Pre-designed questionnaire was used to explore awareness levels of housewives regarding modes of transmission of HIV/AIDS. Data analysis was done using SPSS 16.0 version. Results : In the study that majority of subjects in rural (99.6%) and urban (99.6%) had knowledge about unprotected sexual intercourse as route of transmission. Awareness about vertical transmission was comparatively low. The study depicted that higher is the educational level, more is the awareness about modes of transmission on AIDS among the study subjects. Misconception that HIV/AIDS can be transmitted by shaking hands with person suffering from AIDS was observed to be more in urban (48.6%) than rural (29.8%) subjects in this study .Conclusions : Marriage the cultural high point in life of Indian women has always been thought of as protective factor nurturing the traditional way of life.. HIV/ AIDS educational programes have limited effects on married women who don’t perceive risk of HIV from their spouses. Programmes need to be updated within their continuum so as to take into account the needs of the target group to better ensure the requisite behaviour change.
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Harpreet Kaur, Singh GPI, Soni RK
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