AIDS knowleadge of seamen on Changjing river and evaluation on health eduction

  Objective   To investigate how much the seamen on the Changjiang river know about AIDS and to evaluate the effectiveness after AIDS and health instruction.

  Methods   To instruct the Changjiang seamen in the knowledge of AIDS and to question them before and after the instruction by means of KABP.

  Results   The Chiangjiang seamen had some knowledge about AIDS, but incomplete about the prevalent pass.After the health instruction the knowledge rate of the Changjiang seamen about the knowledge of AIDS was increased prominently and their attitude toward AIDS patients changed remarkably.

  Conclusion   To instruct the Changjiang seamen in the knowledge of AIDS would greatly improve their mastery of the AIDS knowledge, which was an important measure to hold out AIDS spread in our country.So instruction Changjiang seamen in the knowledge of AIDS and health should be strengthened and extended.