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Educational Intervention among Barbers to Improve Their Knowledge regarding HIV/AIDS: A Pilot Study from a South Asian Country
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Krishanani, Mukesh Kumar Ali, Faridah Amir Late), Ali Khan Khuwaja ( Qidwai, Waris Ali, Badar Sabir |
| Copyright Year | 2014 |
| Abstract | One of the Millennium Development Goals is to combat HIV, the burden of which continues to increase in developing countries, like Pakistan. The prevalence is high among the high-risk population, and the use of unsterilized surgical instruments, traditional straight razors, and blades adds to the spread of this disease. This study assesses the effect of an educational intervention on the knowledge of 70 barbers practising in a suburban community in Pakistan regarding HIV and its symptoms and transmission. At baseline, only 10% of the barbers reported that they had ever heard about HIV compared to 49% after the intervention. Similarly, 4% and 6% of them had good knowledge at baseline about symptoms and transmission of the disease, increasing to 39% and 43% respectively, after the intervention (p<0.001). The results of this educational intervention warrant consideration of activation of mass campaigns to increase public awareness about bloodborne diseases and to educate personnel who might harm the persons in their communities by unsafe practices. |
| Starting Page | 386 |
| Ending Page | 390 |
| Page Count | 5 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| DOI | 10.3329/jhpn.v32i3.2820 |
| PubMed reference number | 25395901 |
| Journal | Medline |
| Volume Number | 32 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://www.jhpn.net/index.php/jhpn/article/download/2820/1044 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://doi.org/10.3329/jhpn.v32i3.2820 |
| Journal | Journal of health, population, and nutrition |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
