Outcome measures/Variables | Cont. Group | Increase in Knowledge (%) | Int. Group | Increase in Knowledge (%) | ||
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Knowledge on Risk-group |
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Multiple sex partners (high risk) | 87.3% | 89.3% | 2.0 | 85.0% | 100.0% | 15.0 |
Female sex workers (low risk) | 75.6% | 77.5% | 1.9 | 70.1% | 89.7% | 19.6 |
Clients of sex workers (high risk) | 71.0% | 72.1% | 1.1 | 65.7% | 91.9% | 26.2 |
People with STIs (high risk) | 67.5% | 69.5% | 2.0 | 69.8% | 89.0% | 19.2 |
Migrant people (low risk) | 59.4% | 62.6% | 3.2 | 46.4% | 85.2% | 38.8 |
Adolescent (low risk) | 61.1% | 66.8% | 5.7 | 49.5% | 80.6% | 31.1 |
Knowledge on Sign/Symptoms |
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Prolonged diarrhea | 44.2% | 55.3% | 11.1 | 38.6% | 89.4% | 50.8 |
Prolonged Fever | 60.1% | 64.9% | 4.8 | 63.9% | 91.9% | 28.0 |
Excessive weight loss | 73.1% | 76.3% | 3.2 | 68.5% | 93.9% | 25.4 |
Knowledge on Prevention |
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HIV/AIDS is a preventable disease. | 51.6% | 56.5% | 4.9 | 44.2% | 82.3% | 38.1 |
Abstinence can prevent HIV/AIDS. | 60.4% | 63.0% | 2.6 | 54.8% | 86.8% | 32.0 |
Condoms do not reduce the chance | 69.3% | 71.4% | 2.1 | 56.7% | 90.0% | 33.3 |
Being faithful is the effective measure to prevent HIV/AIDS | 72.8% | 74.0% | 1.2 | 68.5% | 89.7% | 21.2 |
Carefully tested blood transfusions do not reduce the chance of HIV/AIDS | 54.4% | 57.3% | 2.9 | 41.4% | 77.1% | 35.7 |
Knowledge on Treatment |
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ARV drug therapy cures HIV/AIDS. | 42.4% | 44.7% | 2.3 | 39.9% | 69.7% | 29.8 |
ARV is needed only for few months. | 48.4% | 50.8% | 2.4 | 34.9% | 72.9% | 38.0 |
ARV is only for prolonging life of the HIV patients. | 44.9% | 45.4% | 0.5 | 39.3% | 78.4% | 39.1 |
Healthy life styles help to improve the quality of life of HIV/AIDS patients. | 58.0% | 55.7% | −2.3 | 57.6% | 90.3% | 32.7 |