Knowledge Attitude Risk Behavior On Hivaids And Willingness To Participate In An Hiv Vaccine Trial Among High School Teachers In Addis Ababa City Ethiopia

There is an ongoing study on sexual behavior in Akaki factory workers and many KABPrnstudies. A cross-sectional study on high risk behavior and knowledge on vaccines and theirrnwillingness to participate in HIV vaccine trial among randomly selected high school teachersrnwas conducted from January 10 to 30, 2002 in Addis Ababa city.rnMean age at first marriage for high school teachers was 26.7 years. Of the 621 high schoolrnteachers (26.4%) had engaged in commercial sex and 249 (40.1%) had non-regular noncommercialrnsexual contacts in the last 12 months prior to the survey. Mean age at first sexualrnintercourse was 18.7 years. Ever use of condoms by the high school teachers was 65.1%.rnKnowledge on HIV prevention was very low. However, knowledge on vaccines and theirrnwillingness to participate in HIV vaccine trial was very high and modestly high, respectively.rnAlthough it is recognized that the specific educational needs will vary in different contexts,rnour data support the need for incorporate vaccine trial’s education into the design andrnimplementation of future HIV vaccine trials. Serial surveillance surveys are necessary to seernthe trend of change in behavior of the study population. HIV preventive messages should bernrepeatedly directed to high school teachers. There is a need to increase HIV awareness inrnhigh school teachers.

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