Rana Manu S, Nepali Bobin, Sathian Brijesh, Aryal Ram Prasad, Thapalia Madav, Bhatta Dharm R
Assistant Professor, Department of Community Medicine, Manipal College of Medical Sciences , Pokhara, Nepal .
J Clin Diagn Res. 2013 Jan;7(1):112-7. doi: 10.7860/JCDR/2012/4391.2683. Epub 2013 Jan 1.
The clients of Female Sex Workers (FSWs) have been represented from different socio-demographic backgrounds and their risk behaviour depends upon their learning skills and attitudes and its impacts on practice.
The general objective of this study was to find the socio-demographic characteristics, background, knowledge, behaviour, and the attitude on STIs, HIV and AIDS of the clients of female sex workers.
This questionnaire based, cross sectional study was conducted on 109 clients of FSWs during the time period from January 2010 to July 2010 in Pokhara (submetropolitan city of the Kaski district), Nepal. The locations were the Baglung Bus Park, Lakeside and Mahendrapool.
Among the 109 respondents, the mininum and the maximum age were 18 and 50 years. According to the religion-wise distribution, 77.1% of the respondents were Hindus, 10.1% were Buddhists, 8.3% were Christians, 1% were Muslims and 3.7% were from other religions. 67.9% of the respondents were tested for HIV at least once, whereas nearly one third (32.1%) of the respondents were never tested for HIV. 49.5% of the respondents answered that there was no difference between HIV and AIDS. Among the respondents, 89.9% respondents knew how to be safe from STIs and the HIV infections and 99.1% knew about HIV and AIDS.
HIV and AIDS is a cross cutting issue in the present situation rather than a health issue. One of the most at risk groups is the clients of female workers who frequently have risk behaviours like having sex with female sex workers. The sexual behaviour among these clients depends upon their attitude, knowledge and perception, which also influence several internal and external factors. In our study, the clients of the female sex workers had some extent of knowledge about the condom, sexually transmitted infections and HIV/AIDS. They were made aware on these by different organizations who were working in the field of HIV and AIDS, but still they intended to practise unsafe sex with the female sex workers.
女性性工作者的客户来自不同的社会人口背景，他们的风险行为取决于其学习技能、态度及其对行为的影响。
本研究的总体目标是了解女性性工作者客户的社会人口特征、背景、知识、行为以及对性传播感染、艾滋病毒和艾滋病的态度。
2010年1月至2010年7月期间，在尼泊尔博卡拉（卡斯基区的次大城市）对109名女性性工作者的客户进行了这项基于问卷的横断面研究。地点为巴格隆巴士公园、湖滨和马亨德拉布尔。
109名受访者中，年龄最小的18岁，最大的50岁。按宗教分布，77.1%的受访者为印度教徒，10.1%为佛教徒，8.3%为基督教徒，1%为穆斯林，3.7%来自其他宗教。67.9%的受访者至少接受过一次艾滋病毒检测，而近三分之一（32.1%）的受访者从未接受过艾滋病毒检测。49.5%的受访者回答说艾滋病毒和艾滋病没有区别。在受访者中，89.9%的受访者知道如何预防性传播感染和艾滋病毒感染，99.1%的受访者了解艾滋病毒和艾滋病。
在当前情况下，艾滋病毒和艾滋病是一个贯穿各领域的问题，而非单纯的健康问题。其中一个风险最高的群体是女性工作者的客户，他们经常有与女性性工作者发生性行为等风险行为。这些客户的性行为取决于他们的态度、知识和认知，这也会影响多个内部和外部因素。在我们的研究中，女性性工作者的客户对避孕套、性传播感染以及艾滋病毒/艾滋病有一定程度的了解。在艾滋病毒和艾滋病领域开展工作的不同组织已让他们了解这些知识，但他们仍打算与女性性工作者进行不安全的性行为。
