HIV/AIDS awareness and risk behavior among students in Semey, Kazakhstan: a cross-sectional survey.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Until recently, young people in Kazakhstan have been only moderately affected by the global HIV epidemic. Today, however, the HIV epidemic in Central Asia is one of the most rapidly increasing epidemics in the world. It is mainly concentrated to vulnerable groups such as intravenous drug users, sex workers, the purchasers of sexual services and the financially marginalized. Young, sexually active people may however be the gateway for the epidemic to the general population, and knowledge about their attitudes and behavior is therefore important in planning preventive measures.

Methods

To gather information about young students and their attitudes and knowledge about HIV/AIDS, we collected 600 structured questionnaires and made 23 semi-structured interviews among th

SUBMITTER: Hansson M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2630293 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature