Objective To investigate and analyze structure of risk perceived by people using HIV voluntary counseling and testing services and related factors.Method Two hundred and sixty eight VCT users were selected from 2 CDCs and 2 hospitals in Beijing and their perceived risks in the process of VCT were assessed by using self-administered question- naires.Factor analysis was performed to understand the relationship between different perceived risks,and risks perceived by different users were evaluated.Results Six factors were obtained from the factor analysis which included:fear of priva- cy disclosure,embarrassment,concern over the reliability of HIV tests,cost & time consumption,the tragic outcomes of HIV positive tests,and potential medical expenditures in the future.And the risks perceived by low and high income users were much higher than those perceived by middle income users.Conclusion There are clear structure of risks perceived by people using HIV voluntary counseling and testing,and people with different incomes have different levels of perceived risks.

Objective To analyze behavior of having multiple sexual partners among outside school adolescents and the impact factors in one county.Method Participatory method was adopted in the survey,trainees of an occupational training center were trained to investigate their peers with anonymous questionnaires.Results The subjects who had more than 3 sexual partners accounted for 38.3%,and the factors related to multiple sexual partners were complicated.The most im- portant protective factor was to raise level of HIV/AIDS related knowledge (OR=0.85);the key risk factors were: promiscuous behaviors (OR=4.91) and prostitution(OR=3.37) among their friends.Conclusion For reducing behav- ior of having multiple sexual partners among outside school adolescents,it is essential to promote HIV/AIDS related health education and to enhance their ability to respond to pressures from their bad peers.

Objective To develop the Chinese version of the 35-item Medical Outcomes Study HIV Health Survey (MOS-HIV) and to assess the reliability and validity of MOS-HIV among HIV-infected individuals.Methods Between April and July of 2007,a croas-sectional survey of 758 HIV-infected individuals was conducted.Responses to the MOS- HIV were analyzed for its reliability and validity.Results Pearson's correlation coefficients of items for test-retest relia- bility ranged from 0.46-0.92,all internal consistency reliability coefficients exceeded 0.69,and all items were more strongly correlated with hypothesized scale than any other scale.Eight scales of MOS-HIV were significantly associated with CD_4 cell counts.Conclusions The Chinese version of MOS-HIV offers good reliability and validity and can be used as a tool to assess the quality of life of HIV infected individuals in China,thus providing evidence for further studying AIDS related quality of life in this country.

Objective To understand the HIV infection status among pregnant women in Henan province and provide basis for preventing mother to child transmission of AIDS.Methods The HIV-test results obtained from January 2005 to May 2007 among pregnant woman in 31 counties(districts)with relatively high HIV prevalence were analyzed.Results A total of 720 605 pregnant woman were tested for HIV antibody,of whom 541 were identified HIV positive and the HIV-positive rate was 0.08%.Of the 364 HIV positive pregnant women 223(61.26%)decided voluntarily to terminate pregnancy,while 136(37.88%)chose to continue with their pregnancy,and the proportion of HIV positive pregnant women who continued with the pregnancy in the 3 different years was 31.51%(46/146),36.31%(57/157)and 54.10%(33/61),respectively,showing an yearly rising trend.Of the 284 HIV positive mothers 250(88.03%)received PMTCT intervention.Conclusion The rate of PMTCT in HIV-positive pregnant women can be further improved by increasing HIV testing among pregnant women and HIV positive women of child bearing age and by early identifying and managing them.

Objective To observe the clinical efficacy of antiretroviral therapy(ART)or highly active antiretroviral therapy(HAART)for HIV/ AIDS patients in Duan county,and its side effects and CD4 levels in the whole blood.Methods One hundred and nine HIV/AIDS cases admitted to our department in the past 2 years were observed in terms of weight change,control of opportunistic infections,improvement of survival and quality of life,side effects and CD4 levels in the whole blood in 3 months after the combined ART.Results Of the 109 cases 78 patients had weight loss before the treatment and all of them gained weight after the treatment,the changes of body weight were significantly different before and after the treatment(P

Objective To summarize the practice of AIDS prevention and treatment in rural areas of Henan province and to explore a community-based integrated AIDS prevention and treatment model.Methods In the context of the existing 3 tier(county-township-village)rural health care systems,several approaches were adopted including scientific management of HIV-infected persons,patient tracking,laboratory testing,maternal-to-child transmission block,high-risk intervention,health education and medical treatment.Results By the end of 2008,AIDS mortality rate dropped to 4.57 %,the rate of mother-to-child transmission reduced to 4.16%,and the sero-conversion rate among HIV positive single spouses was 1.13/100 person per year;the proportion of persons who continued to receive medical care after 12 month therapy was 85.2%;the rate of HIV related knowledge among the public was 82.3%;the coverage of HIV preventive service among CSWs was as high as 96.98%;the rate of condom use among institution-based CSWs in the last sex trade was 89.54%;the proportion of CSWs who had correct understanding of sex route of HIV transmission was 81.17%,and the rate of persistent use of condom among HIV infected persons and AIDS patients reached 92.57%.Conclusion The community-based integrated AIDS prevention and control model in rural areas of Henan province has achieved remarkable outcomes and it is suggested that such a model should be employed in areas where HIV/AIDS is relatively prevalent.

Objective To discuss the relationship between the infection of Ureaplasma Urealyticum(Uu) and Chlamydia trachomatis(Ct) and male sterility.Methods To detect 476 specimens of sperm by FQ-PCR,326 specimens were collected from sterile men(sterility group) and 150 specimens from normal men(control group).Results The total detection rate of Uu and Ct was 49.69% in sterility group,being significantly higher than 16.67% in control group(?~2=46.98,P

Objective To understand the situation of sexual behavior and STD in floating population attending STD clinics Methods Floating population in STD clinics were investigated by questionnaires.Results Sexual behavior rate was 60.0% in unmarried floating population.Sexual behavior rate was 47.6% before marriage at the first sexual time.46.8% of the patients had more than 2 sex partners,and the rate of condom use among them was under 50%.STD prevalence rate was 37.1%,Re-infection rate was 12.2% accounting for 32.8% in all investigated STD patients.Conclusions It is importent to standardize service in STD clinics,provide health information,raise prevention knowledge,change their sexual attitude,advocate safety sexual behavior in various ways in high risk groups.

Objective To investigate knowledge and attitudes of healthcare workers with respect to HIV/AIDS in Fugong County,Nujiang District and to highlight the difficulties facing local healthcare workers in HIV/AIDS health education in order to help them improve their skills and capability of health education through participatory learning.(note:the major inhabitants in NuJiang are the Lisu ethnic).Methods A survey with questionnaires was carried out before starting a HIV/AIDS health education training course for healthcare workers in Fugong County.Then an interactive and participative HIV/AIDS training was provided for these healthcare workers.A post-training survey was followed.Results Before the training course,the score of HIV/AIDS related knowledge was 56.71 on average.The average score increased to 83.93 after the participatory HIV/AIDS health education,(by SPSS analysis).Such an increase was obviously associated with their participation in the training course.The knowledge the participants learned during the training course was effectively used for conducting health education among local inhabitants.Conclusion We found that a participatory/interactive HIV health education training course is useful in raising the awareness and understanding of HIV/AIDS among healthcare workers in areas such as Fugong.We encourage more efforts to hold such courses in order to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS.

Objective To study the epidemiological patterns of HIV infection prevalent in HongKong.Method The epidemiological patterns of HIV infection in HongKong were analyzed with a mathematic model SI by changing its initial condition,which was used to test the related data.Results The changeable patterns of susceptible accumulative numbers of HIV infection in HongKong and the epidemiological curves and the curve of infection velocity were obtained.Conclusion The epidemic pattern of HIV infection in Hongkong and local infection velocity from 1987 to 2004 were well described using the epidemic model SI.An accumulation of 2 733 cases of HIV infection will be predicted in the year of 2005.The epidemic peak occurred in 2002 to 2004 and the overall HIV epidemic will last for 50 years approximately.