AEGiS-11IAC: Knowledge and behaviour of clients of sex-workers in Kathmandu.

11th International AIDS Conference


Vancouver, British Columbia — July 7-12, 1996

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Knowledge and behaviour of clients of sex-workers in Kathmandu.

Int Conf AIDS 1996 Jul 7-12; 11:458 (abstract no. Pub.C.1127)
Gurubacharya VL; STD/AIDS counselling and training service, Kathmandu, Nepal.

OBJECTIVE: To study the knowledge and behaviours of male migrant wokers. Method: As there is no red - light area in Kathmandu, clients of female sex workers were interviewed through private clinics and counselling service by trained interviewers for knowledge of STD/AIDS. And a questionnaire was used after pre-test. The questionnaire included knowledge and practice regarding STD/AIDS and demographic pattern. Total of 212 males migrant workers who have visited commercial sex workers were interviewed over a period of one year. Result: 90% respondants were migrant workers and rest 10% included variety of professions including college level students. 80% of the respondants were below thirty years of age and had only primary school education. 66% were married but away from family. 90% knew about STD and 76 % had heard about AIDS. 95 % knew the role of condoms for family planning but 60 % only had knowledge about protective role against STD/AIDS. Only 10 % use condom while visiting sex-workers. No married men used condom during sex with spouse even after visit to a sex - workers.

CONCLUSION: Male migrant workers have risk behaviours of multiple sex contacts without condom. Married men never consider possibility of transmission of STD/AIDS to spouse. As the number of migrant workers and female sex - workers in Kathmandu is significan, intensive condom promotion and health education to sex-workers and their clients need to be initiated urgently to prevent further spread of HIV. In absence of a red light area this group needs to be approached through voluntary workers with the help of a peer group.

Keywords: AEGIS, Prostitution, Condoms, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice, Health Education, Knowledge, Peer Group, Questionnaires, Coitus, Human, Male, Female, ICA11KWDaegis,prostitution,condoms,sexuallytransmitteddiseases,acquiredimmunodeficiencysyndrome,knowledge,attitudes,practice,healtheducation,knowledge,peergroup,questionnaires,coitus,human,male,female,ica11

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