PMID- 10823746
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20000630
LR  - 20190910
IS  - 0033-3506 (Print)
IS  - 0033-3506 (Linking)
VI  - 113
IP  - 1
DP  - 1999 Jan
TI  - Knowledge, attitudes, beliefs and practices about HIV/AIDS among the overseas job 
      seekers in Bangladesh.
PG  - 35-8
AB  - A study of the knowledge, attitudes, beliefs and practices (KABP) relating to 
      HIV/AIDS was conducted among people from Bangladesh seeking work overseas (N = 
      300), during February, 1997 and March, 1997. Only 26% of the respondents knew of 
      AIDS and out of 13 basic facts concerning HIV/AIDS the mean score of the sample 
      was 1.63 correct responses. Most of those who knew of HIV had some false beliefs 
      about the mode of HIV transmission, for example, believing that HIV could be 
      contracted by touching an AIDS patient, or sharing bathing facilities or eating 
      utensils. Sex with brothel-based commercial sex workers (100%), sharing 
      contaminated needles (93.6%) and blood transfusion from infected individuals 
      (93.6%) were seen as the main route of HIV transmission. Printed media (69%) was 
      the main source of AIDS information. Multiple logistic regression analysis showed 
      that having a non-agricultural occupation (P < 0.04), being resident in Dhaka, 
      Chandpur, Noakhali, Comilla, and Chittagong (P < 0.01), being in the habit of 
      reading newspapers (P < 0.05), using condoms (P < 0.04), having heard about 
      condoms (P < 0.003), having seen condoms (P < 0.005) and knowing where to buy 
      condoms (P < 0.0005) were significantly associated with AIDS awareness. There is 
      insufficient AIDS awareness among overseas job seekers which calls for public 
      initiatives to provide AIDS information to them before they leave Bangladesh to 
      work abroad.
FAU - Rahman, M
AU  - Rahman M
AD  - Department of General Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology, Kyoto University School 
      of Medicine, Japan.
FAU - Shimu, T A
AU  - Shimu TA
FAU - Fukui, T
AU  - Fukui T
FAU - Shimbo, T
AU  - Shimbo T
FAU - Yamamoto, W
AU  - Yamamoto W
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PL  - Netherlands
TA  - Public Health
JT  - Public health
JID - 0376507
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - Bangladesh
MH  - Chi-Square Distribution
MH  - Employment
MH  - HIV Infections/*psychology/transmission
MH  - Health Behavior
MH  - *Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
MH  - Humans
MH  - Logistic Models
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Risk Factors
MH  - Surveys and Questionnaires
EDAT- 2000/05/24 09:00
MHDA- 2000/07/08 11:00
CRDT- 2000/05/24 09:00
PHST- 2000/05/24 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2000/07/08 11:00 [medline]
PHST- 2000/05/24 09:00 [entrez]
AID - S0033-3506(99)00110-9 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/s0033-3506(99)00110-9 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Public Health. 1999 Jan;113(1):35-8. doi: 10.1016/s0033-3506(99)00110-9.