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. 2013 Feb 7;3(1):45–50. doi: 10.5681/apb.2013.008

Table 2. Respondents’ practices to hiv/aids prevention.

Questions and responses on respondents’ practices Study group Control group
Pre intervention (%) n= 80 Post intervention (%) n= 80 Pre intervention (%) n=80 Post intervention(%)n=80
Respondents engaged in sex Yes 17 (21.3) 16 (20) 2 (2.5) 2 (2.5)
No 63 (78.8) 64 (80) 78 (97.5) 78 (97.5)
Respondents’ patronage of sex workers Yes 0 0 0 0
No 80 (100) 80 (100) 80 (100) 80 (100)
Respondents’ frequency of condom use Always 5 (6.3)5 12 (15) 2 (2.5) 2 (2.5)
Often 4 (5) 2 (2.5) 0 0
Sometimes 8 (10) 2 (2.5) 0 0
Never 0 0 0 0
Not applicable 63 (78.8) 64 (80) 78 (97.5) 78 (97.5)
Respondents’ number of past sexual partners One 2 (2.5) 2 (2.5) 2 (2.5) 2 (2.5)
Two 15 (18.8) 15 (18.8) 0 0
More than two 1 (1.3) 1 (1.3) 0 0
Abstaining 63 (78.8) 63 (78.8) 78 (97.5) 78 (97.5)
Items shared by respondents with other people Needle 26 (32.5) 12 (15) 2 (2.5) 2 (2.5)
Syringes 13 (16.3) 10 (12.5) 5 (6.3) 5 (6.3)
Razors 28 (35) 22 (27.5) 14 (17.5) 14 (17.5)
Hair clippers 34 (42.5) 20 (25) 12 (15) 12 (15)
Watching of pornographic movies by respondents Yes 42 (52.5) 30 (37.5) 26 (32.5) 29 (36.2)
No 38 (47.6) 50 (62.5) 54 (67.5) 51 (63.8)
Respondents awareness of their HIV status Yes 21 (26.3) 27 (33.8) 14 (17.5) 15 (18.7)
No 59 (73.8) 53 (63.8) 66 (82.5) 65 (81.3)
Respondents’ willing to abstain from sex Yes 39 (48.8) 52 (65) 62 (77.5) 60 (75)
No 41 (51.3) 28 (35) 18 (22.5) 20 (25)
Number of peer(s) respondents have discussed HIV with 1-3 8 (10) 9 (11.3) 9 (11.3) 33 (41.3)
4-6 0 59 (73.8) 0 3 (3.8)
7-9 0 7 (8.8) 0 0
10 and above 0 2 (2.5) 0 0
None 72 (90) 3 (3.8) 71 (88.7) 44 (55)