Profile of HIV Positive Attendees at Integrated Counseling and Testing Centre of A Teaching Institution in West Bengal
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences (IOSR-JDMS) - Year 2018, Vol 17, Issue 11
Abstract
Introduction : HIV/AIDS has turned out into global pandemic. There were approximately 36.7 million people worldwide living with HIV/AIDS at the end of 2016. Of these, 2.1 million were children (<15 years old). An estimated 1.8 million individuals worldwide became newly infected with HIV in 2016 i.e. about 5,000 new infections per day. Integrated Counseling and Testing Centre (ICTC) data can guide in identifying the various risk groups for priority targeted interventions to reduce the burden of HIV transmission in the community. Objective: To study the risk behaviors and socio-demographic characteristics of attendees who tested HIV positive. Methodology : A record based retrospective study was conducted on the 117 attendees who tested HIV positive at the ICTC between July 2017 to June 2018. For record analysis Chi-square and other tests were employed using SPSS software package. Results : Out of 117 HIV positive attendees, 65 (55.56%) were males and 52 (44.44%) were females. Maximum were in the age group of 15-49 years. Prevalence of HIV was high among married, illiterate, housewives, semi-skilled workers and those whose spouse was HIV positive. Among the positives 46.15% of males and 13.46% of females reported promiscuous behavior. Conclusions : though the above findings helped to identify various risk groups a prospective study including a higher number of HIV positive subjects and indepth analysis of various aspects of promiscuous behavior would give better understanding for focusing priority targeted interventions.
Authors and Affiliations
Dr. Debdutta Banerjee, Dr Ujjwal Pattnayak, Dr Kishore P Madhwani, Jitendra Kumar Singh
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