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100			_aPant,Astha. _91034
245			_aKnowledge of, attitudes towards and preventive practices for HIV/AIDS among construction workers in selected construction sites in Kathmandu valley.
260			_cc2013.
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500			_aThesis Report.
520			_aABSTRACT: The study was a descriptive survey that set out to understand the knowledge of, attitudes towards and preventive practices for HIV/AIDS among construction workers. In addition to this, existence of relationship between the variables, if any, was also sought for. Systematic sampling was done to pick out a total of 317 samples. Depending upon their literacy, each sample was either interviewed or handed the questionnaire for self-administration. The mean age of the respondents was 25.61 (SD = 7.224 95%CI 24.81, 26.40) and a majority of them were males (89.6%). Only 1.3% had studied beyond School Leaving Certificate. 84.6% of the construction workers had sufficient knowledge regarding HIV/AIDS and 61.8% had positive attitude towards HIV/AIDS. While only slightly more than half had ever used a condom, 56.5% had not used one the last time they had sex. On running Chi Square analysis "Gender", "nationality" and "level of education" were found to have significant association with all three, knowledge, attitude and preventive practice. Those with insufficient knowledge were found to have negative attitude (p<0.05, OR=4.962, 95%CI 2.486, 8.854). Those with insufficient knowledge were more likely to have not used a condom the last time (p<0.05, OR=2.884, 95%CI 1.506 5.523). On carrying out multiple logistic regression analysis, it was found that use of condom the last time was most affected by gender and level of knowledge. While females were more likely to have used condom the last time they had sex, those with insufficient knowledge on HIV/AIDS were less likely to have used a condom the last time. Despite adequate knowledge, attitude and preventive practice was found to be unsatisfactory. There is an urgent need to resolve this gap between knowledge and preventive practice.
650			_aKnowledge. _9344
650			_aHIV/AIDS. _9895
650			_aConstruction workers. _91035
650			_aKathmandu . _9888
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