Objective To realize AIDS related knowledge, attitude and practice(KAP)among floating peo ple in China and to discuss its influencing factors.To provide the evidence for how to preventAIDS fr om floating population.
Methods The data was collected from the/Sexand Reproductive Health Baseline Sur vey among Floating People in China0 conducted in March 2004.Trained investigators who used the standard questionnaires interviewed 4 900 floating people from 6 provinces.
Results 95.4% of them hear d aboutAIDS.butonly 0.5% could judge all the transmitted ways and no-transmitted ways correctly.45.9% believed thatthe HIV positive people should be isolated.Only 65.7% knew thatusing condom could prevent HIV infection.43.7% showed their understanding aboutthe man who had long time no sexual life had sexwith a sexual worker.13.6% floating people chosed condom as FP method and among them only 34.6% used condom every time.
Conclusion Chinese floating people lack of AIDS knowledge.Mostof them donotpractice safe sexactivity.More inter vention should be given to the floating population.
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