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J AIDS Clin Res. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2015 April 01. Published in final edited form as: J AIDS Clin Res. 2014 July ; 5(7): 319–. doi:10.4172/2155-6113.1000319.
HIV/AIDS - Related Knowledge, Attitudes, and Sexual Practices among Migrant Wives in Rural Anhui Province, China Huachun Zou1,2,3,4, Xin Dai2, Xiaojun Meng5, Huadong Wang6, Chao Jiang7, Yanchun Wang6, Lin Zhang8, Yongqing Gao9, Song Tang10, Tan Xu11,12, Wenjie Sun9,12,*, and Yufeng Wen7,* 1Melbourne
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2School
Sexual Health Centre, Alfred Health, Melbourne, Australia
of Population and Global Health, the University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
3School
of Public Health and Community Medicine, the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia 4Centre 5Wuxi
for Population Health, Burnet Institute, Melbourne, Australia
Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Wuxi, China
6Anhui
Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Hefei, China
7School
of Public Health, Wannan Medical College, Wuhu, China
8Clinical
Laboratory, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
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9School
of Food Science, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Zhongshan, China
10School
of Environment and Sustainability, University of Saskatchewan, SK, Canada
11School
of Public Health, Medical College of Soochow University, Suzhou, China
12School
of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Tulane
Abstract Background—Migrant wives have been increasing in some poor rural regions of China and they may bridge HIV transmission across regions. This study aimed to assess HIV/AIDS-related knowledge, attitudes and sexual practices among this population in rural Anhui Province, China.
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Methods—A cross-sectional survey was conducted with questionnaire of HIV/AIDS-related knowledge, attitudes, and sexual practices between June 2011 and May 2012. A total of 730
Copyright: © 2014 Zou H, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. * Corresponding authors: Wenjie Sun, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Tulane University, LA, USA, School of Food Science, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Zhongshan, 1440 Canal Street, Suite 2100 New Orleans, LA 70112, China, Tel: 504-988-4223; [email protected] Yufeng Wen, School of Public Health, Wannan Medical College, Wuhu, 22 Wenchang Xi road, Wuhu, China, Tel: +86 055 3393 2059; [email protected]. Citation: Zou H, Dai X, Meng X, Wang H, Jiang C, et al. (2014) HIV/AIDS - Related Knowledge, Attitudes, and Sexual Practices among Migrant Wives in Rural Anhui Province, China. J AIDS Clin Res 5: 319. doi:10.4172/2155-6113.1000319
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migrant wives and 207 local women were enrolled in this study. Unpaired T-test, Chi-square was utilized to compare the difference of HIV/AIDS knowledge, attitudes and sexual practices between migrant wives and local women.
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Results—Around 80% of the migrant wives were from Yunnan, Guizhou, or Sichuan Provinces. The main sources of HIV/AIDS information were TV/radio, posters, and newspapers/periodicals. HIV/AIDS knowledge level among migrant wives was significantly lower than that among local women (e.g. 47.1% vs 57.0% (p
J AIDS Clin Res. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2015 April 01. Published in final edited form as: J AIDS Clin Res. 2014 July ; 5(7): 319–. doi:10.4172/2155-6113.1000319.
HIV/AIDS - Related Knowledge, Attitudes, and Sexual Practices among Migrant Wives in Rural Anhui Province, China Huachun Zou1,2,3,4, Xin Dai2, Xiaojun Meng5, Huadong Wang6, Chao Jiang7, Yanchun Wang6, Lin Zhang8, Yongqing Gao9, Song Tang10, Tan Xu11,12, Wenjie Sun9,12,*, and Yufeng Wen7,* 1Melbourne
Author Manuscript
2School
Sexual Health Centre, Alfred Health, Melbourne, Australia
of Population and Global Health, the University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
3School
of Public Health and Community Medicine, the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia 4Centre 5Wuxi
for Population Health, Burnet Institute, Melbourne, Australia
Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Wuxi, China
6Anhui
Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Hefei, China
7School
of Public Health, Wannan Medical College, Wuhu, China
8Clinical
Laboratory, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
Author Manuscript
9School
of Food Science, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Zhongshan, China
10School
of Environment and Sustainability, University of Saskatchewan, SK, Canada
11School
of Public Health, Medical College of Soochow University, Suzhou, China
12School
of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Tulane
Abstract Background—Migrant wives have been increasing in some poor rural regions of China and they may bridge HIV transmission across regions. This study aimed to assess HIV/AIDS-related knowledge, attitudes and sexual practices among this population in rural Anhui Province, China.
Author Manuscript
Methods—A cross-sectional survey was conducted with questionnaire of HIV/AIDS-related knowledge, attitudes, and sexual practices between June 2011 and May 2012. A total of 730
Copyright: © 2014 Zou H, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. * Corresponding authors: Wenjie Sun, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Tulane University, LA, USA, School of Food Science, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Zhongshan, 1440 Canal Street, Suite 2100 New Orleans, LA 70112, China, Tel: 504-988-4223; [email protected] Yufeng Wen, School of Public Health, Wannan Medical College, Wuhu, 22 Wenchang Xi road, Wuhu, China, Tel: +86 055 3393 2059; [email protected]. Citation: Zou H, Dai X, Meng X, Wang H, Jiang C, et al. (2014) HIV/AIDS - Related Knowledge, Attitudes, and Sexual Practices among Migrant Wives in Rural Anhui Province, China. J AIDS Clin Res 5: 319. doi:10.4172/2155-6113.1000319
Zou et al.
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migrant wives and 207 local women were enrolled in this study. Unpaired T-test, Chi-square was utilized to compare the difference of HIV/AIDS knowledge, attitudes and sexual practices between migrant wives and local women.
Author Manuscript
Results—Around 80% of the migrant wives were from Yunnan, Guizhou, or Sichuan Provinces. The main sources of HIV/AIDS information were TV/radio, posters, and newspapers/periodicals. HIV/AIDS knowledge level among migrant wives was significantly lower than that among local women (e.g. 47.1% vs 57.0% (p
