EVALUATION OF QUESTIONING METHOD FOR STUDY OF RISKY BEHAVIOR OF HIV INFECTION IN MIGRANT WORKERS

We performed evaluation of questioning method for study of risky behavior of HIV infection in migrant workers seeking for medical examination in the Unified Medical Center of St. Petersburg. Using a questionnaire containing a structured interview and a 201 points formalized card for data logging, we subsequently assumed to study risk factors in the home country, Russia and the other countries of residence. Previously the validity of interviews with 40 migrant workers selected by case-control method was being assessed. The case was a person of migrant workers with confirmed HIV infection. The control group without HIV infection had similar characteristics in particular identical ethnic and age characteristics. The ratio of cases and controls was 1:3. It has shown that diagnosis and objectification of risk-related behavior in migrant workers when carrying out a medical examination causes certain difficulties, as they are afraid to get under regulated by the legislation of the Russian Federation limitations on the right to work. The study revealed that the questioning method, a basic tool of identifying risky behavior, has the lack of effectiveness. Nevertheless, a survey has revealed extremely low awareness of participants about HIV infection in general, ways of transmission and ways to prevent it - 85% of the interviewees found low awareness of these issues, or complete lack of relevant knowledge. Differences between groups of HIV-infected and intact migrants were insignificant.

рискованное поведение, трудовые мигранты, ВИЧ-инфекция, risky behavior, migrant workers, HIV infection

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