Knowledge on HIV/AIDS and sexual behaviour of street sex workers in Kathmandu Valley. (Record no. 658)
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| Description conventions | NLM |
| 060 ## - NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE CALL NUMBER | |
| Classification number | THS-00174 |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Acharya, Sharada. |
| 9 (RLIN) | 1828 |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Knowledge on HIV/AIDS and sexual behaviour of street sex workers in Kathmandu Valley. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | c2008. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | x, 58p. : |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | Thesis Report. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | ABSTRACT: <br/><br/>Introduction: The whole study is based on the topic "knowledge on HIV/AIDS and sexual behaviour of street sex workers in Kathmandu Valley". Since the detection of the first AIDS case in Nepal in1988, this country has progressed from a low prevalence to one with so called concentrated epidemic in certain sub-group of the population. National Center for AIDS and STDs Control (NCASC)-2005 estimated that 70,256 Nepalese people living with HIV/AIDS in Nepal at the end of 2005. <br/><br/>Objective: The study aims to assess the knowledge of HIV/AIDS and sexual behavior among street sex workers in Kathmandu Valley. Methodology: Altogether 50 street sex workers were interviewed by using non probability sampling method. Semi structured interview guideline served as the main study instrument. <br/><br/> Result: Mean age of sex worker was 27.5 years. The study found that higher percentage of (98%) respondents had heard about HIV/AIDS. However few numbers of respondents had misconception that one could contract HIV through Mosquito bites and kissing. A large number of the respondents (90%) said HIV could be transmitted through unsafe sex. Most of the respondents (80%) used condoms always 52% of the respondents had multiple (more than four) sex partners. Majority (64%) of the sex workers had existence of homosexual relationship. <br/><br/> Conclusion: Majority of the respondents had heard about HIV/AIDS with few misconceptions on the route of transmission. |
| 546 ## - LANGUAGE NOTE | |
| Language note | Eng. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Knowledge. |
| 9 (RLIN) | 344 |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | HIV/AIDS. |
| 9 (RLIN) | 895 |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | sexual behaviour. |
| 9 (RLIN) | 3011 |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Street sex workers. |
| 9 (RLIN) | 3012 |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Kathmandu Valley. |
| 9 (RLIN) | 869 |
| 856 ## - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="http://nhrc.gov.np/contact/">http://nhrc.gov.np/contact/</a> |
| Link text | Visit NHRC Library |
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| Source of classification or shelving scheme | National Library of Medicine |
| Koha item type | Thesis Report |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Damaged status | Not for loan | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Total Checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| National Library of Medicine | Nepal Health Research Council | Nepal Health Research Council | Reference | 07/18/2012 | THS00174/ACH/2008 | THS-00174 | 07/18/2012 | 07/18/2012 | Thesis Report |