HIV-Related High-Risk Behaviors among Chinese Migrant Construction Laborers in Nantong, Jiangsu

Zhuang, Xun; Wu, Zunyou; Poundstone, Katharine; Yang, Changqing; Zhong, Yaqin; Jiang, Shengyang

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0031986

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“…Xi’an is the capital city of Shaanxi Province while Lantian County is in the territory of Shaanxi Province. Previous studies have demonstrated that rural migrants working in places farther from home have the higher incidence of high-risk behavior compared with those working closer to home [13,14,15]. Therefore, in the present study, the incidence of high-risk behavior in the migrants was clearly lower than that reported in migrants working in Shanghai, Beijing, or Guangzhou.…”

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A Cross-Site Intervention in Chinese Rural Migrants Enhances HIV/AIDS Knowledge, Attitude and Behavior

Wang

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Background: With the influx of rural migrants into urban areas, the spread of HIV has increased significantly in Shaanxi Province (China). Migrant workers are at high risk of HIV infection due to social conditions and hardships (isolation, separation, marginalization, barriers to services, etc.). Objective: We explored the efficacy of a HIV/AIDS prevention and control program for rural migrants in Shaanxi Province, administered at both rural and urban sites. Methods: Guidance concerning HIV/AIDS prevention was given to the experimental group (266 migrants) for 1 year by the center of disease control, community health agencies and family planning department. The intervention was conducted according to the HIV/AIDS Prevention Management Manual for Rural Migrants. A control group of migrants only received general population intervention. The impact of the intervention was evaluated by administering HIV/AIDS knowledge, attitudes and sexual behavior (KAB) questionnaires after 6 and 12 months. Results: In the experimental group; 6 months of intervention achieved improvements in HIV/AIDS related knowledge. After 12 months; HIV/AIDS-related knowledge reached near maximal scores. Attitude and most behaviors scores were significantly improved. Moreover; the experimental group showed significant differences in HIV-AIDS knowledge; attitude and most behavior compared with the control group. Conclusions: The systematic long-term cross-site HIV/AIDS prevention in both rural and urban areas is a highly effective method to improve HIV/AIDS KAB among rural migrants.

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A Cross-Site Intervention in Chinese Rural Migrants Enhances HIV/AIDS Knowledge, Attitude and Behavior

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“…Inconsistent with recent studies conducted in other Western countries of Chinese migrant college students [23], but similar to the findings of previous studies in Hong Kong [24,25], the attitudes of adolescents in this study were less tolerant of premarital intercourse. One possible explanation is that there are cultural differences among adolescents growing up in Hong Kong in comparison to those in Western countries.…”

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Sexual knowledge, attitudes and values among Chinese migrant adolescents in Hong Kong

Wong¹,

Lam²

2013

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Internal migration in China has introduced critical challenges to the education and health of migrant adolescents. The aim of this study was to explore the differences in sexual knowledge and attitudes among migrate and local adolescents. Survey research with a total of 616 adolescents in grades equivalent to US 10 th and 11 th grades including 113 migrants completed a selfadministered questionnaire. Misconceptions of adolescent physical development, sexual activity, marriage, birth control, sexually transmitted diseases and the probability of pregnancy were found in most of the migrant adolescents. Significantly lower attitudinal scores were found for the sub-scales of clarity of personal sexual values, understanding of emotional needs, social behavior, sexual responses; attitudes towards gender role, birth control, premarital intercourse, use of force in sexual activity, the importance of family and satisfaction with social relationship in migrant adolescents. Migrant adolescents have a low level of knowledge of sexual activities. The content of education programs should include engagement in sexual behavior to equip adolescents with unbiased and factual knowledge. The adolescents have a high demand for family support. School based sex education programs should involve the participation of parents to address these issues.

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“…The HIV/AIDS knowledge of respondents was generally low same as determined in the works of Arora et al (2014), Qu et al (2008), Purwaningsih et al (2015) and Bowen et al (2016a) contrary to those of Pant et al (2013), Akinola et al (2013), Haupt et al (2005) and Kanda et al (2009).The disparity in the findings of HIV knowledge in the current study and previous studies is mostly influence by the indicators assessed. Risky sexual behaviours were generally low which supports the studies of Akinola et al (2013) and Purwaningsih et al (2015) but contradicts the works of Kassa et al (2013), Arora et al (2014), Haupt et al (2005), Qu et al (2008) and Zhuang et al (2012). Furthermore, there is no statistical significance difference across groupings (i.e.…”

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“…The construction industry is particularly vulnerable to the epidemic because of its migrant labour force, large unskilled labour force and aging workforce amongst other reasons (Harinarain & Haupt, 2014). The HIV prevalence rates are increasing in many rural areas in which a significant proportion of the population migrates for work (Zhuang et al, 2012). The ILO (2008) explains that many studies have identified construction workers as a risk group along with miners and transport workers because many of them are mobile workers, with poor living and working conditions, and often separated from their families.…”

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“…Kanda et al (2009) reveal that construction workers were familiar with the term HIV/AIDS but both internal and external migrant workers have a poor knowledge of HIV/AIDS and over 50% respondents expressed discriminatory attitudes towards PLWHA. A study by Zhuang et al (2012) reports high levels of sex with casual or commercial sex partners, low levels of consistent condom use with casual or commercial sex partners, and extremely low levels of condom use among those with stable partners which is a reflection of high risk sexual behaviours. Bowen et al (2014) found that five firms believe they do not yet know enough about HIV/AIDS to make an informed decision about an effective HIV/AIDS policy or programme for their organization.…”

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HIV/AIDS and Construction Workers: Knowledge, Risk Sexual Behaviours and Attitude

Kikwasi¹,

Lukwale²

2017

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Introduction: The construction industry depends mainly on labour to translate other resources into a physical object (i.e. building, road, airport etc.). The industry's workforce is always mobile and its activities are characterized by difficult working conditions. The mobile workforce of industry and their vulnerability to HIV/AIDS pandemic have been fairly researched. The objective of the study is to determine construction workers' HIV/AIDS knowledge, risk sexual behaviours and their attitude towards HIV/AIDS. Method:The study adopted a cross sectional research design and purposive sampling method was used to select respondents. The researched area included sites in Dar es Salaam, Morogoro and Dodoma cities. A sample size involved 20 construction sites and 5 respondents from each site. A hundred questionnaires were distributed out of which 58 were fairly filled.The study adapted standard questionnaires developed by UNAIDS, Family Health International (FHI) and Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS). The collected data was analyzed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) software version 20.0. Results:The results show that most construction workers have low HIV knowledge, low risk sexual behaviours and positive attitude towards HIV/AIDS. Furthermore, indicators of low knowledge were evident in awareness of PMTCT services, HIV can be spread through breastfeeding, HIV can be spread through sharing injection and HIV can be spread through unsafe sex. Conclusion:In conclusion risk sexual behaviours are low, attitude towards HIV/AIDS is generally positive but HIV knowledge is low. However, there are alarming concerns in some indicators of both risk sexual behaviours and attitude noted in the study.

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HIV-Related High-Risk Behaviors among Chinese Migrant Construction Laborers in Nantong, Jiangsu

Cited by 32 publications

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