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Educational Intervention among Barbers to Improve Their Knowledge regarding HIV/AIDS: A Pilot Study from a South Asian Country
One of the Millennium Development Goals is to combat HIV, the burden of
which continues to increase in developing countries, like Pakistan. The
prevalence is high among the high-risk population, and the use of
unsterilized surgical instruments, traditional straight razors, and
blades adds to the spread of this disease. This study assesses the
effect of an educational intervention on the knowledge of 70 barbers
practising in a suburban community in Pakistan regarding HIV and its
symptoms and transmission. At baseline, only 10% of the barbers
reported that they had ever heard about HIV compared to 49% after the
intervention. Similarly, 4% and 6% of them had good knowledge at
baseline about symptoms and transmission of the disease, increasing to
39% and 43% respectively, after the intervention (p<0.001). The
results of this educational intervention warrant consideration of
activation of mass campaigns to increase public awareness about
bloodborne diseases and to educate personnel who might harm the persons
in their communities by unsafe practices
Association of sociodemographic factors with depression in women of reproductive age.
Introduction: Women suffer disproportionately from depression, which has a high prevalence in developing countries. Sociodemographic factors are associated with depression, some of which may be modifiable and lead to better outcomes for depression among women. Objectives: To determine sociodemographic factors associated with depression among women of reproductive age in Karachi. Methods: A case control study was conducted on 376 women in 2 hospitals in Karachi. Patients were diagnosed by psychiatrists and family physicians by Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (4th ed.) criteria and SRQ20. Results: The odds for women with depression being married for \u3e5 years, being abused by in-laws, spending ≤3 hours per day with their spouses, and being just satisfied or not satisfied with their married life was more than that for controls. Conclusion: The authors\u27 findings highlight the important modifiable risk factors for depression, which if addressed will help decrease the burden of depression among women
Educational intervention among barbers to improve their knowledge regarding HIV/AIDS: a pilot study from a South Asian country
One of the Millennium Development Goals is to combat HIV, the burden of which continues to increase in developing countries, like Pakistan. The prevalence is high among the high-risk population, and the use of unsterilized surgical instruments, traditional straight razors, and blades adds to the spread of this disease. This study assesses the effect of an educational intervention on the knowledge of 70 barbers practising in a suburban community in Pakistan regarding HIV and its symptoms and transmission. At baseline, only 10% of the barbers reported that they had ever heard about HIV compared to 49% after the intervention. Similarly, 4% and 6% of them had good knowledge at baseline about symptoms and transmission of the disease, increasing to 39% and 43% respectively, after the intervention (p\u3c0.001). The results of this educational intervention warrant consideration of activation of mass campaigns to increase public awareness about blood borne diseases and to educate personnel who might harm the persons in their communities by unsafe practices