Assess the Knowledge and Attitude of Barbers Toward HIV / AIDS Infection

Afsaneh Karami¹, Parvin Shiri Ghidari²*,  Ahad Miandari³, Alireza Shoghli⁴, Goudarz koli Farhood⁵  

  ¹Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan, Iran.

DOI : http://dx.doi.org/10.13005/bbra/1901

ABSTRACT: AIDS, including emerging disease that has no cure has been discovered for it and primary prevention is the only way to avoid it, Barbers are those who use sharp tools as a means for work and contamination of these devices is effective at infecting others. This study aimed to determine the knowledge, attitude and practice of the male and female barber carried about AIDS prevention in Zavjan. Methods: In this cross - sectional study involving questionnaires to examine the knowledge and attitude about AIDS among male and female barbers in Zanjan city who were selected randomly distributed the necessary information. Statistical analysis was then extracted information and considered. In this study we evaluated information of 375 questionnaires, of which among them 4.42 percent were male and 6.57 percent were female barbers. The average age of men is 34.85 ± 47 years, the average age of women is 34.25± 9.36 years and the mean age of the patients studied 36.9 ± 25.34 years.4.26 of low level of knowledge, 3.28% of moderate of knowledge and 4.45 percent had good knowledge. In attitude part 1.26 percent positive attitude and 1.62 percent acceptable attitude, and 7.11 percent had moderate attitude, knowledge and attitudes have positive relationship between gender, level of education and years of education. The results of this study showed that knowledge of the subjects is at relatively low levels, and among people with low literacy and the education and men and those with a history of less do not have AIDS majority of people in an appropriate level of awareness the propose future studies will also be considered in addition to the knowledge and attitude of the people.

KEYWORDS: Acquired Immune Deficiency Virus; knowledge; attitudes; beauticians; Zanjan

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