Knowledge about human immunodeficiency virus infection and sexual behavior among drug users: a cross sectional study in Pokhara submetropolitan city, Nepal

Sanjeev Raj Neupane, Shiva Raj Mishra Maharajgunj Medical Campus, Institute of Medicine, Kathmandu, Nepal Abstract: Drug abuse is one of the public health problems in Nepal. Only limited research has been done to explore knowledge and sexual behaviors of injection drug users in Nepal. The objectiv...

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Autores principales:	Neupane SR, Mishra SR
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Publicado:	Dove Medical Press 2014
Materias:	Immunologic diseases. Allergy RC581-607
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:d80aecddc9c047228d4a529c9c8151f32021-12-02T08:27:42ZKnowledge about human immunodeficiency virus infection and sexual behavior among drug users: a cross sectional study in Pokhara submetropolitan city, Nepal1179-1373https://doaj.org/article/d80aecddc9c047228d4a529c9c8151f32014-02-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.dovepress.com/knowledge-about-human-immunodeficiency-virus-infection-and-sexual-beha-a15792https://doaj.org/toc/1179-1373 Sanjeev Raj Neupane, Shiva Raj Mishra Maharajgunj Medical Campus, Institute of Medicine, Kathmandu, Nepal Abstract: Drug abuse is one of the public health problems in Nepal. Only limited research has been done to explore knowledge and sexual behaviors of injection drug users in Nepal. The objective of this research was to explore knowledge about human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and sexual behavior among drug users in Nepal. More than 90% of participants had heard of HIV. Almost all participants who had heard of HIV knew that HIV is transmitted through unsafe sexual intercourse and through syringe use. In comparison to that, a small percentage of participants knew of infected blood and mother to child as modes of transmission of HIV. Injection drug users were less likely to use condoms during sexual intercourse with their wives. Awareness programs and behavior-change communication to alert drug users to the risks of sharing syringes need to be conducted, in addition to promoting the use of condoms during sexual intercourse with other women as well as with their wives. Keywords: drug use, HIV, Nepal, sexual behaviorNeupane SRMishra SRDove Medical PressarticleImmunologic diseases. AllergyRC581-607ENHIV/AIDS: Research and Palliative Care, Vol 2014, Iss default, Pp 1-7 (2014)
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description	Sanjeev Raj Neupane, Shiva Raj Mishra Maharajgunj Medical Campus, Institute of Medicine, Kathmandu, Nepal Abstract: Drug abuse is one of the public health problems in Nepal. Only limited research has been done to explore knowledge and sexual behaviors of injection drug users in Nepal. The objective of this research was to explore knowledge about human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and sexual behavior among drug users in Nepal. More than 90% of participants had heard of HIV. Almost all participants who had heard of HIV knew that HIV is transmitted through unsafe sexual intercourse and through syringe use. In comparison to that, a small percentage of participants knew of infected blood and mother to child as modes of transmission of HIV. Injection drug users were less likely to use condoms during sexual intercourse with their wives. Awareness programs and behavior-change communication to alert drug users to the risks of sharing syringes need to be conducted, in addition to promoting the use of condoms during sexual intercourse with other women as well as with their wives. Keywords: drug use, HIV, Nepal, sexual behavior
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title	Knowledge about human immunodeficiency virus infection and sexual behavior among drug users: a cross sectional study in Pokhara submetropolitan city, Nepal
title_short	Knowledge about human immunodeficiency virus infection and sexual behavior among drug users: a cross sectional study in Pokhara submetropolitan city, Nepal
title_full	Knowledge about human immunodeficiency virus infection and sexual behavior among drug users: a cross sectional study in Pokhara submetropolitan city, Nepal
title_fullStr	Knowledge about human immunodeficiency virus infection and sexual behavior among drug users: a cross sectional study in Pokhara submetropolitan city, Nepal
title_full_unstemmed	Knowledge about human immunodeficiency virus infection and sexual behavior among drug users: a cross sectional study in Pokhara submetropolitan city, Nepal
title_sort	knowledge about human immunodeficiency virus infection and sexual behavior among drug users: a cross sectional study in pokhara submetropolitan city, nepal
publisher	Dove Medical Press
publishDate	2014
url	https://doaj.org/article/d80aecddc9c047228d4a529c9c8151f3
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Knowledge about human immunodeficiency virus infection and sexual behavior among drug users: a cross sectional study in Pokhara submetropolitan city, Nepal

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