benchun tian, md director of country central health

2009-3-15 北京国中健康教育所 1

The Report of Evaluation for AIDS Knowledge of Public in National Pilot Counties for Integrative Prevention &

Control of AIDS2008

Benchun Tian, MD Director of Country Central Health Education Inst. in Beijing (NGO)


Introduction

For enhancing the prevention and control of AIDS, The Office of Working Committee on AIDS Prevention and Control of State Department established 127 National Pilot Counties for Integrative Prevention & Control of AIDS in the years of 2003 and 2004. For valuating the degree of AIDS knowledge among public, my Inst. accepted the consigning of the Office of Working Committee and implemented the evaluation in selected 6 pilot counties in Aug. and Sept. of 2008. Totally 4393 people were interviewed.


The distribution of sex and ageof the interviewees （ N=4393 ）

Age（ year）

male female total

Numb.

（%） Num.

(%） Nom.

（%）

12~211

9.85221

9.81 4329.83

15~ 942 43.98 1016

45.14195

844.57

25~49 989 46.17 1014

45.05200

345.60

Total 2142

100.00 2251

100.00439

3100.00


The distribution of educational levels of interviewees （ N=4393 ）

Educational level

Common public students total

Nom. （%） Nom.

（%） Nom.

（%）

illiteracy & semiliterate

30 1.06 0 0.00

30 0.68

elementary 348 12.34 0 0.00 348 7.92

middle schl.1253 44.42

67142.68

1924 43.80

high schl.887 31.44

90157.32

1788 40.70

college & univ. 284 10.07 0 0.00 284 6.46

not clear 19 0.67 0 0.00 19 0.44

Total2821 100.00

1572

100.00 4393 100.00

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Occupation distribution of the interviewees （ N=4393 ）

Occupation Num. （%）Students 1572 35.78

Farmers 1164 26.50

Local business 446 10.15

Workers out ofHometown (fluid) 411 9.36

Others 306 6.97

Technical persons 164 3.73 Administration 125 2.85

Business out of hometown 107 2.44

Long-distance traffic 68 1.54

Medical professionals 30 0.68

Total 4393 100.00

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Awareness rate on AIDS of the interviewees （ N=4393 ）

Questions Num. of

answers

Num. of

Correct

(%)

Can infect with AIDS by use the injector that has been used by other people ?

43934192 95.42

Can differentiate who infected with AIDS virus? 4393 4186 95.29May be an appearance normal person an AIDS virus

infection?4393

3967 90.30

What channels for AIDS spread? 4393 3865 87.98Can infect with AIDS by general contact with the

AIDS patient?4393

3809 86.71

Can AIDS patients be fully cured? 4393 3734 85.00can infect with AIDS if have a meal with AIDS patient

together and share use cutlery?4393

3733 84.98

What quality the disease AIDS is? 4393 3659 83.29Can infect with AIDS if input the blood or blood

products that polluted by AIDS virus 4393

3584 81.58

Can vaccine prevent AIDS? 4393 3283 74.73What measures can prevent AIDS ? 4393 2828 64.38


Awareness rate on prevention measures of interviewees （ N=43

93 ） Measures Num.of

answersNum. ofcorrect

（%）

Faithful on sexual moral 4393 3954 90.05

Not share injector with other people

4393 3630 82.67

Not input blood that has not been tested on AIDS virus

43933338 76.02

Use condom 4393 3317 75.54

Not sale blood 4393 2998 68.28

The woman infected AIDS virus avoid pregnancy

4393 2509 57.14

other（ VCT） 4393 144 3.28


The general rate of awareness on the key messages of AIDS （ N=4393 ）

Questions Num. of answer

s

Num. of correct

（%）

Can differentiate who infected with AIDS virus? 4393 4186 95.29

What channels for AIDS spread? 4393 3865 87.98

Can infect with AIDS by general contact with the AIDS patient? 4393 3809 86.71

Can AIDS patients be fully cured? 4393 3734 85.00

What quality the disease AIDS is? 4393 3659 83.29

Can vaccine prevent AIDS? 4393 3283 74.73

What measures can prevent AIDS ? 4393 2828 64.38

General awareness rate 30751 25364 82.48


Account method forthe general rate of awareness

total correct answer for all questions in all questionnaires

General rate= X100% 7 (key questions) X Num. of questionnaire

denominator

numerator

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The awareness rate on key messages among rural people, urban people and students （ N=4393 ）

Question

public(%) students（%）rural

(n=1847)

urban(n=97

4)

Middleschool(n=67

1)

Highschool(n=46

7)

Professional

high school

(n=434)

What quality the disease AIDS is? 84.62

88.4077.65 80.94 77.42

Can AIDS patients be fully cured? 90.69

89.12 73.47 75.59 79.49

Can vaccine prevent AIDS? 79.97

80.70 64.53 62.74 67.74

Can differentiate who infected with AIDS virus? 96.81

94.35

93.44 94.86 94.24

Can infect with AIDS by general contact with the AIDS patient?

90.90 88.50 75.41 90.36 78.34

What channels for AIDS spread? 87.22

90.14 81.52 95.72 88.02

What measures can prevent AIDS ? 62.48 69.20 58.12 70.66 64.52

General awareness rate

84.67 85.77 74.88 81.55 78.54


The methods and experience on spread of AIDS knowledgeamong public in the pilot counties

Health sectors such as health bureau, CDC, MCH hospital and others work together with many other social departments for spread health knowledge on AIDS among public.

MCH workers spread AIDS knowledge link with medical exam. of marriage.

Family Planning Committee and Women’s Federal spread AIDS Knowledge with their organization-networks. 　


The methods and experience on communication of AIDS knowledgefor public in the pilot counties

Civil Administration Sector and Agedness Association organize some retired old people as volunteers to spread health knowledge for prevention of AIDS.

The Bureaus of Agriculture and Labor put health knowledge on AIDS prevention into the training course of agriculture techniques, specially for the peasants who will leave for cities to work.


The methods and experience on spread of AIDS knowledgeamong public in the pilot counties

The Labor Union, Red Cross, Youth Organization and other NGO participated activities of spread AIDS knowledge among public.

The local mass media such as TV rediffusion stations, newspaper, broadcasting spread AIDS messages through the media.


Conclusion

1.The awareness on AIDS of public in pilot counties has mostly achieved the objects that by the end of 2010, the awareness on AIDS of urban people should achieves 85%, rural people achieves 75%, fluid people achieves 80%, and students achieve 95% that was instituted by Dept. of State in the Action Plan of Stop and Prevent AIDS of China(2006-2010).

But AIDS knowledge spread to students, specially in middle school, should be emphasized in the future (this result is less than 75%).


Conclusion

2.The model of health knowledge spread in pilot counties is successful and it should be extended to other non-pilot counties in the country ASAP.


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