ABSTRACT
As a baseline study for implementing an intervention programme for HIV/AIDS/STD prevention in Kawthaung area, a combined team of members of Myanmar Medical Association and World Vision International conducted a KAP study on HIV/AIDS among 213 fishsermen, 263 traders, 24 drug abusers and 31 commercial sex workers in September 1993. The results of this study showed that a substantial proportion of all study groups had some correct but incomplete knowledge on transmission and prevention of HIV/AIDS whereas a high proportion of these groups was still practising risk behaviours concerning sex and drugs. Only 8.5 to 12.5 percent of males inteviewed in this study regularly used condoms during sexual intercourse outside their marriage. For history of getting STD, it was foound that as much as 74.2 percent of CSWs had STD in the pats. CSWs also had the highest proportion of drug abuse 45.2 percent. Among male respondents, 13.2 percent of fishermen, 9.5 percent of traders and 20.8 percent of drug abusers had homosexual experience. The risk of getting HIV.AIDS and STD was high among all these study groups irrespective of their marital status.
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Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice , Substance-Related Disorders , Sexually Transmitted Diseases , MyanmarABSTRACT
To identify the maternal and infant problems associated with breast feeding, a random samply of 200 mothers (from Latha, Thaketa, South Okkalapa and Insein) with infants one year of age or less were interviewed. The highest percentage with maternal and infant problems were found among the following groups.(1) Maternal age 31-35 years, (2) College-educated group, (3) Government employees, (4) Ks. 1001-1500 income per head, (5) Parity 4 and 7 groups, (6) Those who had practised rigid feeding with previous infant, (7) Those who had maternal problems in the previous lactation, (8) Those who received antenatal care at hospital and private clinics, (9) Those with <=5 antenatal visits, (10) Those without advice on breast-feeding and diet, (11) Those who had received breast preparation, (12) Those delivered in Private clinics, (13) Those delivered instrumentally, (14) Those who had not received immediate mother-child contact, (15) Those who practised suckling after 30 mins. after delivery. 23.5 percent of mmothers interviewed had maternal problems such as cracked nipples, mastitis, breast abscess, low milk production, maternal illness and retracted nipple. 4.5 percent had various infant problems, twin delivery, neonatal jaundice, diarrhoea, pneumonia, oral thrush, acute respiratory infection and cyanosis.