tailieunhanh - Báo cáo y học: "Differences in HIV-related behaviors at Lugufu refugee camp and surrounding host villages, Tanzania"

Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về y học được đăng trên tạp chí y học Critical Care giúp cho các bạn có thêm kiến thức về ngành y học đề tài: Differences in HIV-related behaviors at Lugufu refugee camp and surrounding host villages, Tanzania. | Conflict and Health o BioMed Central Differences in HIV-related behaviors at Lugufu refugee camp and surrounding host villages Tanzania Elizabeth A Rowley 1 Paul B Spiegel2 Zawadi Tunze3 Godfrey Mbaruku4 Marian Schilperoord2 and Patterson Njogu2 Address 1Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Baltimore MD USA 2UNHCR Geneva Switzerland Tanzania Red Cross National Society Dar es Salaam Tanzania and 4Maweni Regional Hospital Dar es Salaam Tanzania Email Elizabeth A Rowley - erowley@ Paul B Spiegel - spiegel@ Zawadi Tunze - wemytunze@ Godfrey Mbaruku - mbarukug@ Marian Schilperoord - schilpem@ Patterson Njogu - njogup@ Corresponding author Published 17 October 2008 Received 3 April 2008 Conflict and Health 2008 2 13 doi 1752-1505-2-13 Accepted 17 October 2008 This article is available from http content 2 1 13 2008 Rowley et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background An HIV behavioral surveillance survey was undertaken in November 2005 at Lugufu refugee camp and surrounding host villages located near western Tanzania s border with the Democratic Republic of Congo DRC . Methods The sample size was 1 743 persons based on cluster survey methodology. All members of selected households between 15-49 years old were eligible respondents. Questions included HIV-related behaviors population displacement mobility networking and forced sex. Data was analyzed using Stata to measure differences in proportions chi-square and differences in means t-test between gender age groups and settlement location for variables of interest. Results Study results reflect the complexity of factors that may promote or inhibit HIV .