School of Public Health & Community Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
J Immigr Minor Health. 2010 Dec;12(6):940-6. doi: 10.1007/s10903-010-9329-5.
Female migrant workers face a growing scale of unsafe migration, which increases their risk of HIV. Despite this, increasing numbers of women are migrating from Bangladesh to other countries as contractual workers. The aim of the study is to establish a baseline for the socio-demographic status of female migrant workers and the extent of their HIV/AIDS awareness along with the factors that determine it, and to discuss the need for effective HIV awareness programmes. During June-July 2008 data were collected by a questionnaire from 123 participants by approaching a cross section of women at the airport who were ready to fly to take up an overseas job. A total of 87% had heard of HIV/AIDS. Participants who had completed an education level of year ≥8 were more likely to have been informed about HIV than others. The average score in correct identification of modes of HIV infection was 1.6 (out of 4) and for preventive measures 1.8 (out of 5). Television and health workers were the major sources of HIV related knowledge. HIV-knowledge among the potential female migrant workers seems to be poor. As growing numbers of female workers are moving overseas for work, government and other concerned agencies must take a pro-active role to raise their awareness of HIV/AIDS infection and of effective preventive measures.
女性移民工人面临着日益严重的不安全移民问题，这增加了她们感染艾滋病病毒的风险。尽管如此，越来越多的孟加拉国妇女仍作为合同工移民到其他国家。本研究旨在确定女性移民工人的社会人口统计学状况基线，以及她们对艾滋病/艾滋病的认识程度及其决定因素，并讨论需要制定有效的艾滋病意识方案。2008 年 6 月至 7 月，通过向准备飞往海外工作的机场女性横断面调查，从 123 名参与者中通过问卷收集数据。共有 87%的人听说过艾滋病/艾滋病。完成教育水平≥8 年的参与者比其他人更有可能了解艾滋病。正确识别艾滋病毒感染模式的平均得分是 1.6（满分 4 分），预防措施的平均得分是 1.8（满分 5 分）。电视和卫生工作者是艾滋病相关知识的主要来源。潜在女性移民工人的艾滋病知识似乎很差。随着越来越多的女性工人移民海外工作，政府和其他有关机构必须采取积极主动的态度，提高她们对艾滋病/艾滋病感染和有效预防措施的认识。
