Comparative Study of Awareness regarding HIV /AIDS among Transportation Workers and Female Sex Workers of Sunsari and Morang Districts

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: This is a descriptive cross-sectional study among female sex workers and transportation workers of Sunsari and Morang districts. Mainly it is a quantitative study. For qualitative information focus group discussion was also carried out among transportation workers. Source of data...

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Main Authors: Nepal Health Research Council (NHRC), Sharma, Dhiraj, Regmi, Ramesh, Pandit, Arjun, Rana, Ramesh, Nepal, Bimal
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Language:en_US
Published: Nepal Health Research Council 2013
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spelling oai:103.69.126.140:123456789-3472023-01-05T06:17:22Z Comparative Study of Awareness regarding HIV /AIDS among Transportation Workers and Female Sex Workers of Sunsari and Morang Districts Nepal Health Research Council (NHRC) Sharma, Dhiraj Regmi, Ramesh Pandit, Arjun Rana, Ramesh Nepal, Bimal HIV /AIDS Female Sex Workers Awareness EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: This is a descriptive cross-sectional study among female sex workers and transportation workers of Sunsari and Morang districts. Mainly it is a quantitative study. For qualitative information focus group discussion was also carried out among transportation workers. Source of data is primary. Data were collected with the help of the trailed interview schedule. The main purpose of the study was to compare level of awareness on HIV/AIDS among transportation workers and female sex workers of Sunsari and Morang districts of Nepal. This is a study that studied the awareness of transportation workers and female sex workers simultaneously. Two highly risky groups were taken as study population. The fieldwork was started on March 2007 and was completed on June 2007. The present study report is organised under five chapters, the first chapter defines and introduces the study, the second chapter presents the data analysis and interpretation on demographic characteristics, knowledge and practice regarding HIV/AIDS among female sex workers. The third chapter shows data analysis and interpretation on demographic characteristics, knowledge and practice regarding HIV/AIDS among transportation workers. The forth chapter presents the association of level of awareness and demographic characteristics of the respondents, comparison of the level of awareness between female sex workers and transportation workers and identify the risky group in terms of knowledge and practice between the female sex workers and the transportation workers. And the last chapter, fifth (chapter) presents the conclusion and recommendations of the research. Executive summary and the major findings are herein the preliminary parts of the report. Similarly research tools and other more useable contents are enlisted at the end of the report, namely appendix. 2013-01-01T21:34:47Z 2022-11-08T10:14:26Z 2013-01-01T21:34:47Z 2022-11-08T10:14:26Z 2007 Technical Report http://103.69.126.140:8080/handle/123456789/347 en_US application/pdf Nepal Health Research Council
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Female Sex Workers
Awareness
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Female Sex Workers
Awareness
Nepal Health Research Council (NHRC)
Sharma, Dhiraj
Regmi, Ramesh
Pandit, Arjun
Rana, Ramesh
Nepal, Bimal
Comparative Study of Awareness regarding HIV /AIDS among Transportation Workers and Female Sex Workers of Sunsari and Morang Districts
description EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: This is a descriptive cross-sectional study among female sex workers and transportation workers of Sunsari and Morang districts. Mainly it is a quantitative study. For qualitative information focus group discussion was also carried out among transportation workers. Source of data is primary. Data were collected with the help of the trailed interview schedule. The main purpose of the study was to compare level of awareness on HIV/AIDS among transportation workers and female sex workers of Sunsari and Morang districts of Nepal. This is a study that studied the awareness of transportation workers and female sex workers simultaneously. Two highly risky groups were taken as study population. The fieldwork was started on March 2007 and was completed on June 2007. The present study report is organised under five chapters, the first chapter defines and introduces the study, the second chapter presents the data analysis and interpretation on demographic characteristics, knowledge and practice regarding HIV/AIDS among female sex workers. The third chapter shows data analysis and interpretation on demographic characteristics, knowledge and practice regarding HIV/AIDS among transportation workers. The forth chapter presents the association of level of awareness and demographic characteristics of the respondents, comparison of the level of awareness between female sex workers and transportation workers and identify the risky group in terms of knowledge and practice between the female sex workers and the transportation workers. And the last chapter, fifth (chapter) presents the conclusion and recommendations of the research. Executive summary and the major findings are herein the preliminary parts of the report. Similarly research tools and other more useable contents are enlisted at the end of the report, namely appendix.
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Sharma, Dhiraj
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title Comparative Study of Awareness regarding HIV /AIDS among Transportation Workers and Female Sex Workers of Sunsari and Morang Districts
title_short Comparative Study of Awareness regarding HIV /AIDS among Transportation Workers and Female Sex Workers of Sunsari and Morang Districts
title_full Comparative Study of Awareness regarding HIV /AIDS among Transportation Workers and Female Sex Workers of Sunsari and Morang Districts
title_fullStr Comparative Study of Awareness regarding HIV /AIDS among Transportation Workers and Female Sex Workers of Sunsari and Morang Districts
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