Knowledge, attitudes and beliefs about HIV infection and AIDS among healthy factory workers and their wives, Kinshasa, Zaire
| Autor: | Nzila Nzilambi, Kevin R. O'Reilly, Kamenga Munkolenkole, Phyllis A. Wingo, Kathy Rufo, Ndilu Mibandumba, Chirezi Muremeri, Kathleen L. Irwin, Kashama Mbuyi, Ngaly Bosenge, Robert W. Ryder, Herbert B. Peterson, Makolo Mukoka, Nancy C. Lee, Jane T. Bertrand |
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| Rok vydání: | 1991 |
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Adult
Counseling Male medicine.medical_specialty Health Knowledge Attitudes Practice Health (social science) Adolescent Sexual Behavior HIV Infections law.invention History and Philosophy of Science Condom Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) law medicine Humans Contraception Behavior Occupational Health Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome business.industry Public health Middle Aged medicine.disease Focus group Sexual intercourse Spouse Family planning Family medicine Democratic Republic of the Congo Health education Female business Social psychology Attitude to Health |
| Zdroj: | Social sciencemedicine (1982). 32(8) |
| ISSN: | 0277-9536 |
| Popis: | As a first step in designing an AIDS prevention program at a large factory in Kinshasa, Zaire, we collected information on attitudes towards human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) from factory foremen and their wives. Trained moderators conducted twelve focus group discussions (from November through December 1987) that addressed knowledge, attitudes and beliefs about HIV infection and AIDS. In general, participants were familiar with HIV infection and AIDS and considered these conditions leading health problems in Kinshasa. Although participants had a fairly accurate understanding of the causes of HIV infection, modes of transmission and preventive measures, many myths and misconceptions existed. Many participants did not believe that condom use would consistently prevent infection through sexual intercourse. Participants strongly favored the counseling of seropositive persons but showed less consensus about whether the spouse of a seropositive person should be notified of the partner's test result. Participants predicted that couples in which one member is seropositive and the other is not would experience marital discord and friction with family, neighbors and co-workers. These findings were applied to the development of a counseling and educational program for seropositive factory employees and their spouses. |
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