A Knowledge, attitude and practices survey among adult Barbadians: reduction in sexual activity - abstract
West Indian med. j
; West Indian med. j;42(Suppl. 1): 36, Apr. 1993.
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ABSTRACT
A survey of knowledge, attitudes and practices in relation to AIDS and sexual matters was conducted on a 0.4 per cent sample of adult Barbadians obtained from the country's electoral register. Ninety-two point nine per cent knew that HIV was a sexually transmitted disease, but 33.8 per cent thought that the virus could be passed in saliva. Ninety-six per cent of respondents considered promiscuity, including male homosexuality, as high risk for getting AIDS, but this extended to female homosexuals where 59.7 per cent of the respondents felt that such women were also at high risk. In regard to sexual practices, respondents reported that they had reduced the number of their sexual partners in the past year, when compared to 5 years before - for male respondents, 70.6 per cent said they had had either one or no sexual partners in the past year, compared to 48.3 per cent of 5 years before. The results demonstrate that myths and stigmatisation counter sound knowledge of HIV transmission to some extent, and self-reported reduced number of partners in the past year suggests a favourable response to sex education and AIDS/HIV educational efforts (AU)
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Assunto principal:
Comportamento Sexual
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Conhecimentos, Atitudes e Prática em Saúde
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Síndrome da Imunodeficiência Adquirida
Tipo de estudo:
Qualitative_research
Limite:
Female
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Humans
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Male
País/Região como assunto:
Barbados
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Idioma:
En
Revista:
West Indian med. j
Ano de publicação:
1993
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Article
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Congress and conference