Short risk behaviour knowledge index for HIV average risk population of sexual active age in Munich, Germany

Abstract

Purpose: A short HIV/AIDS risk behaviour knowledge index based on questions about HIV transmission and prevention of HIV infection during sexual intercourse and intravenous drug use is proposed and implemented for an HIV average risk population in Munich. Methods: Knowledge levels about HIV/AIDS risk behaviour was assessed in a group of people (n=210) in sexually active age range of 18-49 years which was at an average risk of contracting HIV. Four questions about HIV transmission by unprotected vaginal, anal, or oral sexual intercourse, and by needle sharing, and two questions about HIV prevention by condom use, and the single use of needles and syringes were chosen from ten others for making a four level risk behaviour knowledge index (HIV/AIDS Transmission through Sex and Intravenous Drug Use, HATSIDU) internally consistent according to Cronbach's alpha. Results: HATSIDU index (mean 3.0, SD±1.18) was not associated (p>0.05) with sex and marital status, but depended (p<0.05) on age, education and social status. General population of Munich in a sexually active age group of 40-49 years, or those without further education or the unemployed, had a significantly lower knowledge of HIV risk behaviour. Conclusion: The HATSIDU is a simple and usable index for the assessment of HIV/AIDS risk behaviour knowledge in a population with an average risk of HIV infection.

Analytical solution of equations describing slow axonal transport based on the stop-and-go hypothesis

“…(42), (43) have been solved subject to boundary conditions (45a), (45b), (46) by a method similar to that developed in [23] using a software package Mathematica [first P (1) was eliminated from Eqs. (42) and (43) and the resulting equation was solved for P (1) ; then P (1) was found by integrating Eq.…”

“…The purpose of this paper is to utilize a perturbation technique to develop a method for uncoupling the set of six governing equations that the model for this process is composed of, and then obtain the zero and first order approximations based on the solutions of the uncoupled equations. This task is significantly more challenging than that accomplished in [23], where the perturbation technique was used to obtain an analytical solution of equations governing fast axonal transport; the model now includes six coupled governing equations versus four equations considered in [23].…”

Conocimientos, actitudes y prácticas de la mujer peruana sobre la infección por VIH/SIDA

“…Resultados similares se encuentran en la literatura, siendo el nivel educativo el factor asociado a buen conocimiento mencionado con mayor frecuencia en los estudios (8)(9)(10)(11)(12)24) . Tener bajo nivel educativo se asoció con mayores niveles de actitudes estigmatizantes hacia las personas viviendo con VIH/SIDA (PVVS) (19)(20)(21)(22)(23) .…”

“…La información existente en la literatura indica que un mayor nivel educativo (8)(9)(10)(11)(12) , mejor nivel socioeconómico (8,9,12,13) , mayor acceso a los medios de comunicación (12,14,17) y el tener empleo (15,16) están asociados con un mejor conocimiento sobre VIH/ SIDA y en menor grado con el uso consistente de condón por parte de la pareja (12,14) .…”

Effect of kinesin velocity distribution on slow axonal transport

“…The basic model (the one utilized in the present research) accounts only for two kinetic states of NFs, pausing and running. Numerical and perturbation solutions of equations developed in [23] were reported in [24][25][26][27][28][29][30].…”