The Impact of an interventional follow-up study on smoking and alcohol cessation of people living with HIV/AIDS
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences (IOSR-JDMS) - Year 2017, Vol 17, Issue 2
Abstract
Background: As HIV is the world´s leading infectious killer and Andhra Pradesh is recognized as one of the high risk state in India, basing on the high antenatal prevalence for the by NACO (National Aids Control Organization), India, has to be given priority to know the impact of Health education intervention on cessation of smoking and alcohol practices and improvement of other healthy practices of people living with HIV/AIDS. The setting of the study was at Government General Hospital (Anatapuramu, Andhra Pradesh). A Health education based interventional follow up study was conducted during the period from July, 2015 to June, 2016 on 200 HIV positive persons attending the hospital targeting their behavior, habits of smoking & alcohol and other healthy practices expecting the achievement of positive results. Results: In the study group, about 61% are males & 39% are females and are all heterosexuals. Maximum about 88% of study group belongs to 15-44 years and 33% belongs to 15-29 years of age group with the mean 32 & M± 2SE= 30.16 - 33.34 at 95% CI. As the impact of the intervention, the habit of smoking & consuming alcohol were declined drastically. At the same time sexual and healthy practices were significantly improved to a significant extent positively among 184 study subjects (PLWHA) with the p< 0.05.
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Thokala Sivaiah
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