POSTER PRESENTATION Open Access Effect of materials on HIV/AIDS by the different segment of population in a selected community area Rezaul Karim From 16 th International Symposium on HIV and Emerging Infectious Diseases Marseille, France. 24-26 March 2010 Background On the effect of IEC materials on HIV/AIDS by the different segment of based on mainly popular ongoing IEC campaign i.e. poster, billboard, advertisement on TV and radio, drama etc. People’ s choice, preference for effective media was sought for future pragmatic endeavour. Methods This study is a descriptive cross-sectional. Respondents from different segment of population were used as a sample. Two hundred people selected as sample size from a community of Gazipur district and using a semi- structured questionnaire data was collected on the effect of Information, Education and communication (IEC) materials on HIV/AIDS by the different segment of was collected. Results People admit that 69% get the information about AIDS from television, contrast with that from both TV and radio 25% among the respondents 54% has acquaintance about AIDS for five and more years, 41% has more than one year. Significantly, 97% respondents admitted that there is enough importance of IEC materials or mass media to prevent HIV/AIDS. About 63% respondent told about the route of transmission of AIDS causes for illegal sexual relationship, 26% told about sex with sev- eral partners. And only 3% indicated that repeated use of injection syringe may cause AIDS. In the field of sigma and discrimination alarmingly 98%expressed that people show negative attitude towards HIV positive people. The respondents suggest (69%) that media can play role by making drama, discussion etc. to aware people. From bi-variate analysis it has been explored that there is strong association with the respondent’s education and knowledge of HIV/AIDS (p < 0.05). The mari- tal status of the respondent and knowledge on transmission of HIV/AIDS are statistically associated (p < 0.05). Discussion The study revealed that level of education had positive impact on prevention of HIV/AIDS. Published: 11 May 2010 doi:10.1186/1742-4690-7-S1-P147 Cite this article as: Karim: Effect of materials on HIV/AIDS by the different segment of population in a selected community area. Retrovirology 2010 7(Suppl 1):P147. Submit your next manuscript to BioMed Central and take full advantage of: • Convenient online submission • Thorough peer review • No space constraints or color ﬁgure charges • Immediate publication on acceptance • Inclusion in PubMed, CAS, Scopus and Google Scholar • Research which is freely available for redistribution Submit your manuscript at www.biomedcentral.com/submit Correspondence: [email protected] nipsom, Dhaka, Bangladesh Karim Retrovirology 2010, 7(Suppl 1):P147 http://www.retrovirology.com/content/7/S1/P147 © 2010 Karim; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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POSTER PRESENTATION Open Access

Effect of materials on HIV/AIDS by the differentsegment of population in a selected communityareaRezaul Karim

From 16th International Symposium on HIV and Emerging Infectious DiseasesMarseille, France. 24-26 March 2010

BackgroundOn the effect of IEC materials on HIV/AIDS by the dif-ferent segment of based on mainly popular ongoing IECcampaign i.e. poster, billboard, advertisement on TVand radio, drama etc. People’s choice, preference foreffective media was sought for future pragmaticendeavour.

MethodsThis study is a descriptive cross-sectional. Respondentsfrom different segment of population were used as asample. Two hundred people selected as sample sizefrom a community of Gazipur district and using a semi-structured questionnaire data was collected on the effectof Information, Education and communication (IEC)materials on HIV/AIDS by the different segment of wascollected.

ResultsPeople admit that 69% get the information about AIDSfrom television, contrast with that from both TV andradio 25% among the respondents 54% has acquaintanceabout AIDS for five and more years, 41% has more thanone year. Significantly, 97% respondents admitted thatthere is enough importance of IEC materials or massmedia to prevent HIV/AIDS. About 63% respondenttold about the route of transmission of AIDS causes forillegal sexual relationship, 26% told about sex with sev-eral partners. And only 3% indicated that repeated useof injection syringe may cause AIDS. In the field ofsigma and discrimination alarmingly 98%expressed thatpeople show negative attitude towards HIV positive

people. The respondents suggest (69%) that media canplay role by making drama, discussion etc. to aware peo-ple. From bi-variate analysis it has been explored thatthere is strong association with the respondent’s educa-tion and knowledge of HIV/AIDS (p < 0.05). The mari-tal status of the respondent and knowledge ontransmission of HIV/AIDS are statistically associated(p < 0.05).

DiscussionThe study revealed that level of education had positiveimpact on prevention of HIV/AIDS.

Published: 11 May 2010

doi:10.1186/1742-4690-7-S1-P147Cite this article as: Karim: Effect of materials on HIV/AIDS by thedifferent segment of population in a selected community area.Retrovirology 2010 7(Suppl 1):P147.

Submit your next manuscript to BioMed Centraland take full advantage of:

• Convenient online submission

• Thorough peer review

• No space constraints or color figure charges

• Immediate publication on acceptance

• Inclusion in PubMed, CAS, Scopus and Google Scholar

• Research which is freely available for redistribution

Submit your manuscript at www.biomedcentral.com/submit

Correspondence: [email protected], Dhaka, Bangladesh

Karim Retrovirology 2010, 7(Suppl 1):P147http://www.retrovirology.com/content/7/S1/P147

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