Survey on KAP and impact factors of condom use among construction workers in Shanghai,China
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2010
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Objective To understand the level of knowledge,attitude and practice (KAP) related to condom use and relevant impact factors among construction workers in Shanghai so as to provide evidence base for further promotion of condom use.Methods A face-to-face questionnaire survey was conducted among 1871 construction workers who were randomly selected from 18 sites in three districts of Shanghai.The collected information included demography,working experience,living conditions,KAP related condom use,etc.Results Most of the surveyed construction workers were married and male.Average age was 39±10.4 years;80.8% of them only had primary or junior middle schooling or even below.The scores of knowledge and attitude related to condom use were very low.The proportion of consistent condom use with casual sex partners was significantly higher than that with regular sex partners (53.3% vs 10.6%;P0.001).The factors related with lower frequency of condom use included older age,cohabitation,married/remarried status and long daily working time,their OR values being 0.57,0.22,0.46 and 0.71,respectively.Conclusion Construction workers play a bridge role of transmitting HIV/STI from the high risk population to the general population because they are highly floating and sexually active,with insufficient condom use knowledge and less frequency of condom use,etc.Therefore,strong promotion of condom use should be conducted among this special population group.
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CHINA--SHANGHAI, CONDOM USE, SEXUAL BEHAVIOUR, SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, CONSTRUCTION WORKERS
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Ren, J., Calzavara, L., Kang, L., Fang, H., Zhuang, M., Chen, X., … Wang, H. (2010). Survey on KAP and impact factors of condom use among construction workers in Shanghai,China. Chinese Journal of AIDS and STI, 16 (1): 22-25.