Behavioural Surveillance Survey Among Troops in a Large Military Station

Abstract

A cross sectional survey was carried out among the troops located in a large cantonment using the UNAIDS standard survey questionnaire (UN Best Practice Collection) for Behavioural Surveillance Survey (BSS). A total of 556 randomly selected recruits and soldiers were administered the questionnaire. The median age at first sexual encounter was 25 years for service personnel and 18 years for recruits. 5.5% of the recruits and 1.7% of regular soldiers reported having regular sexual partners other than spouse. Among those who had casual sex 46.3% reported using condoms. 52.3% were aware about the two main preventive indicators. Some incorrect beliefs regarding transmission of HIV/AIDS were also present among some of the respondents. The findings have been discussed in relation to previous studies. MJAFI 2003; 59 : 197-201

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“…This study is similar to the study conducted in Peru among Military and Police Personnel which was the magnitude of condom use was 18.4%. 28 The current study was lower than with the study carried out in military personnel in west command Bahir-Dar Ethiopia where the prevalence of consistent condom use with non-regular partners was 59.4%, 22 in both Mekele Hospital, Tigray and North West Health center, Amhara region, Ethiopia among people living with HIV/AIDS was 55.7%, 29,30 among the troops located in a large cantonment 48.6% 31 and 44.9% among big constriction enterprise workers 32 and this is also lower compared to the study done among undergraduate University Students in Southern Ethiopia which was 33.2% of the students used condom consistently 33 and 38.6% among University Students in Nigerian. 34 This difference might be due to the difference in the study area, period, and source of population.…”

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“…Subjects were chosen in the two rank categories of officers and other ranks according to their socioeconomic status as per previous study. 9 All individuals in each department participated and only personnel known to be suffering from HIV/AIDS or any Sexually Transmitted Diseases were excluded from the study as number of such cases was quite less and any data from such small sample would have given a skewed result.…”