PMID- 8727652
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 19961105
LR  - 20181130
IS  - 0899-9546 (Print)
IS  - 0899-9546 (Linking)
VI  - 8
IP  - 2
DP  - 1996 Apr
TI  - Japanese risk behaviors and their HIV/AIDS-preventive behaviors.
PG  - 115-33
AB  - This study is to identify the risk behaviors of the Japanese that may lead to HIV 
      infection and the behaviors that prevent such infection, as well as their 
      background factors. Two behavioral surveys were conducted for the present study. 
      (1) For international comparison on knowledge, attitudes, beliefs, and practices 
      (KABP) related to HIV/AIDS, we conducted a survey on a sample of 10,000 adults, 
      randomly selected from a nationwide population in Japan; and (2) for sexual 
      partner relation, we conducted a survey on a sample of 10,000 adults randomly 
      selected from a population in five major cities of Japan. Our main findings 
      include: (1) Most of the Japanese adult did not regard AIDS as a major threat in 
      the area where they lived; (2) People in their twenties are too casual about 
      "having sex without using a condom with someone they've met for the first time 
      and know little about"; (3) Thirteen percent (19% male, 8% female) of those with 
      a steady sex partner including a spouse, on average, had sex with 2.4 non-steady 
      partners in the previous year; and (4) Only 25 percent used condoms always when 
      they engaged in casual sex during the previous four weeks. These risk behaviors 
      of the Japanese adults might lead to an explosive rise in the number of 
      HIV-infected in the near future unless steps are taken immediately to prevent it.
FAU - Munakata, T
AU  - Munakata T
AD  - Institute of Health and Sports Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Japan.
FAU - Tajima, K
AU  - Tajima K
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - United States
TA  - AIDS Educ Prev
JT  - AIDS education and prevention : official publication of the International Society 
      for AIDS Education
JID - 9002873
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - Age Distribution
MH  - Chi-Square Distribution
MH  - Condoms/statistics & numerical data
MH  - Cross-Cultural Comparison
MH  - Female
MH  - Greece/epidemiology
MH  - HIV Infections/*prevention & control/transmission
MH  - Health Behavior/*ethnology
MH  - Health Education/methods
MH  - *Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
MH  - Humans
MH  - Japan/epidemiology
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Regression Analysis
MH  - Risk-Taking
MH  - Sampling Studies
MH  - Sex Distribution
MH  - *Sexual Behavior/ethnology/statistics & numerical data
MH  - Sexual Partners
MH  - Sexually Transmitted Diseases/epidemiology/psychology
MH  - Substance-Related Disorders/epidemiology
EDAT- 1996/04/01 00:00
MHDA- 1996/04/01 00:01
CRDT- 1996/04/01 00:00
PHST- 1996/04/01 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 1996/04/01 00:01 [medline]
PHST- 1996/04/01 00:00 [entrez]
PST - ppublish
SO  - AIDS Educ Prev. 1996 Apr;8(2):115-33.