The Knowledge Attitude and Behaviour on STIs and HIV/AIDS (A Case Study among Reproductive Age Peoples of Dalit Community on Banfikot VDC, Rukum District)

Abstract

HIV/AIDS has been threatening the human being since last two decades. It has also killed millions of human being and still the care for it is beyond the capacity of the modern medical science. At first it is appeared in the United States and dramatically spread to Europe, America, Africa, Australia and Asia that colonized the whole world STIs and HIV/AIDS have been the crucial public health problem in theworld. In Africa, it is the major cause of death, nowadays it has been rapidlyincreasing in the developing countries. It has also been great barrier for developing countries. Effort in all the aspects like prevention, counselling advocacy and care have been made from an sectors like GOs/INGOs and many international communities such as WHO, DNAIDS, Red Cross and OPEC. This study on knowledge attitude and behaviour of STDs and HIV/AIDS inDalit community in Banfikot VDC, Rukum district is carried out on the basic ofprimary data collected by using purposive random sampling in ward no. 1, 4, 5, 6, 7,8, 9 (Kami and Damai, Gaun, Gaine, Sunuwar, Tamtta). The main objectives of this study is to access the knowledge attitude behaviours of STIs and HIV/AIDS in Dalit community. The sample population taken as 120 (males 68 and females 52) respondents from selected households, all of themare Hindus.Damai were 55, Kami 56, Sarki 2, Sunwar 2, Tamrakar 2, Gaine 2. Thereis electricity facility at all in the study area. About 50 percent respondents heard about STDs and 49.2 percent heard aboutHIV/AIDS the major source of information about STIs in Radio (54.2). Only about 14.2 percent respondents said HIV/AIDS are different and nearly73.3 percent respondent do not know about different or both are same and 12.5percent respondent said do not know about it. However, they have confusion onsymptoms, mode of transmission and preventive measure. In the part of behaviour on security condom use nearly 21.9 and Depo 62.5percent respondents used. 15.8 percent respondent love and respected to infected people and 73.4 percent hated them, 10 percent do not know. However, level of education and occupation affect the behaviour of the respondent.