Title: Investigation and analysis on the Present Knowledge of and Attitude to the AIDS Prevention among the Mobile Population of Jiangsu Province
Abstract
Objectives: To understand the knowledge of and attitude to the AIDS prevention among the mobile population of Jiangsu Province, and provide basis for the growth of health education and health promotion.
Methods: We did a questionnaire survey among a convenience sample of a mobile population of 1374 people in the cities of Zhangjiagang, Taixing, and Danyang in Jiangsu province, asking about their knowledge of and attitude to the AIDS prevention, and performed a preliminary comparison and analysis.
Results: The mobile population has a rather low level of AIDS prevention knowledge. The overall AIDS prevention awareness rate is 66.62%, among which the rate of being aware of the 8 core items is 67.92%. The awareness rate of UNGASS index (the rate of people being aware of 6 or more of the 8 items) was 60.92% in 2009 and 8.44% in 2010. The awareness rate of the three major transmission ways is 76.78%.
Conclusions: The mobile population has a very low level of AIDS prevention knowledge. It is an urgent task to provide them with such education.
Keywords: mobile population, Acquired Immure Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS), knowledge and attitude, investigation and analysis.