The Current Situation Of The Knowledge, Attitude And Behavior On HIV/AIDS And Explore The Influencing Factors In Factory Floating Population At Baoan District Of Shenzhen

ObjectiveStudy the current situation of the knowledge, attitude and behavior on HIV/AIDS in factory floating population at Baoan District of Shenzhen. Explore its influencing factors which provide a basis for further development in prevention and control of HIV/AIDS disease.MethodsUsed cluster random sampling method and self-designed questionnaire, carried on factory of Baoan District which had the intensive floating population, by the trained investigators conducted face-to-face anonymous questionnaire to collect data. The questionnaire included the basic situation of floating population, and knowledge about HIV/AIDS, also the treatment of HIV/AIDS-related attitudes and beliefs, besides the HIV/AIDS-related sexual attitude, sexual behavior, and pathways to obtain knowledge of HIV/AIDS. Using Epi Data3.1 established database, and used spss17.0 for data statistical analysis.ResultsThis investigation carried on 496 person which belong floating population, apparently, it was in line with the general characteristics of floating population, including mobility, younger, low educational level and low income.The total awareness rate of HIV/AIDS-related knowledge in 496 floating population was 56.3%。The highest rate of correct answer is " whether sharing syringes with HIV infection will be infected with HIV/AIDS or not? ", the correct rate was 91.7%. The lowest rate of correct answers was " Will mosquito bites spread HIV? ", the correct rate was 22.8 percent,28.8% of people do not know whether HIV/AIDS can be cured. Overall, people were more aware of the spread of HIV/AIDS, the correct rate was over 75.0%, while the non-transmission of HIV/AIDS was not well understood. Univariate Logistic regression showed that the awareness rate of HIV/AIDS were closely correlative to gender, age, registered residence, educational background, years of work outside, time of residence in Shenzhen and monthly income. And Multivariate Logistic regression found the gender, educational background, years of work outside and monthly income were the main influencing factors of the awareness rate of AIDS/HIV. Male, the higher education level, the longer life outside the home, the higher monthly income, would make HIV/AIDS knowledge higher.44.6% of people believed that HIV/AIDS patients were victims, they deserved sympathy and help, there were 51.4% of people were willing to contact with HIV/AIDS patients in case of there was no harming, but only 22.8% of people would be willing to give help. If someone in the respondents is infected with HIV,66.3% of them will prevent transmission to others,85.9% of people are willing to take measures to prevent HIV/AIDS. Through Chi-square test in respondents about whether they know HIV/AIDS and the attitudes or beliefs toward HIV/AIDS, the difference showed a statistically significant. If one have a correct understanding of HIV/AIDS-related knowledge, it will promote the formation of positive attitudes and beliefs on HIV/AIDS.7.3% of people agreed with extramarital sex,75.4% of people opposed,17.3% of people thought it does not matter. For homosexual sex,5.0% agreed,72.8% were against, while 22.2% of people thought it does not matter.35.5% of the workers had non-married sexual, and only 21.0% insisted on using condom every time they had sex. 4.2% of men had homosexual behavior, and only 12.4% insisted on using condom every time they had sex. The ways they get condoms were:supermarkets, pharmacies, family planning departments, shops and vending machines. The main reason for not using condoms was:did not feel comfortable using a condom, had been used with other contraceptive methods and did not care. The chi-square test show that, the differences between attitude towards non-marital sex and presence or absence of high-risk sexual behavior had statistically significant. Multivariate Logistic regression found Males, the lower educational level, the greater possibility of high-risk sexual behavior.Broadcast TV, billboard and internet were the main ways to get HIV/AIDS-related knowledge, the most desired ways of obtaining HIV/AIDS-related knowledge from high to low were broadcast TV, newspapers and internet, and they want to know the route of transmission and prevention of HIV/AIDS.75.0% of respondents believed that they had a need for further understanding of HIV/AIDS-related knowledge.ConclusionsFloating population had some degree of cognitive about HIV/AIDS, but not enough. Low awareness would make floating population discriminating against people with HIV/AIDS, they were Open-minded with HIV/AIDS-related sexual behavior, this would make floating population to have high occurrence of high-risk sexual behavior, and the condom use was very low, this indicated that the awareness of self-protection was still defective in floating population. They wanted to know the route of transmission and prevention of HIV/AIDS, but they had low desire to know national policies, voluntary counseling and testing knowledge.75.0% of respondents believed that they had a need for further understanding of HIV/AIDS-related knowledge, it is very favorable for carrying out HIV/AIDS health education in floating population in Shenzhen. The gender, educational background, years of work outside and monthly income were the main influencing factors of the awareness rate of HIV/AIDS, so in the disseminate about HIV/AIDS in the future, we should use different forms of health education publicity depending on the different characteristics of people. At the same time we must play the role of the mass media, improving self-protection awareness of the floating population, and promoting the use of condoms.