TY  - GEN
AU  - Acharya, Sharada.
TI  - Knowledge on HIV/AIDS and sexual behaviour of street sex workers in Kathmandu Valley
PY  - 2008///
KW  - Knowledge
KW  - HIV/AIDS
KW  -  sexual behaviour
KW  - Street sex workers
KW  - Kathmandu Valley
N1  - Thesis Report
N2  - ABSTRACT:  

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.    

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.   

 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.   

 Conclusion: Majority of the respondents had heard about HIV/AIDS with few  misconceptions on the route of transmission.
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