Abstract
Objective: To assess the awareness of HIV/AIDS in newly married females coming in Gynaecology OPD of a Medical College Hospital and to devise strategies for future programmes. Methodology: 11 villages and urban population around our hospital were taken for study. Newly married females coming in Gynaecology OPD for various complaints were surveyed. The females were asked to fill a pre-designed Performa, which included multiple choice questions. Results: In our study 489 patients were assessed. 65.4% women had knowledge about disease, 57.5% knew about complications of disease, 59.9% had knowledge about prevention of disease, 66.8% were aware about treatment of disease, 48.5% had knowledge about etiology of disease and 39.1% were aware about medico legal aspect of disease. Conclusion: The study showed tremendous lacunae in awareness of HIV/AIDS. There is a need for evolving information, education, and communication strategies to focus on raising awareness on RH and gender related issues. A sociocultural research is needed to find the right kind of sexual health services for these young girls.
Highlights
The acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) is a major emerging public health problem in India
Question no. 1 shows where from the patients came to know about human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/AIDS. Those who came to know about HIV/AIDS from television scored well and higher than any other source of information
61.5% urban female knows that there is HIV kit test available before blood transfusion.We found that females of rural areas had 76.9% knowledge about disease and 69.5% had Knowledge regarding complications of disease
Summary
The acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) is a major emerging public health problem in India. According to an estimate made by the regional office of the World Health Organization (WHO) Southeast Asia, India accounts for over two-thirds of all human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected individuals in the region [1]. Active youth have been identified as a group at high risk of HIV infection. Satpathy SK, Shaukat M et al did a study on HIV/AIDS in India-The present scenario [2]. There is substantial evidence that sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) enhance the transmission and acquisition of HIV infection, and that control of STDs is helpful in preventing HIV/AIDS. Cohen MS found in his study that sexually transmitted diseases enhance HIV transmission which now is no longer a hypothesis [3]
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