Behavioral risk factors for STD/HIV transmission in Bangladesh's trucking industry

• Published in: Social science & medicine (1982) Vol. 56; no. 7; pp. 1411 - 1424
• Main Authors: Gibney, Laura, Saquib, Nazmus, Metzger, Jesse
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Elsevier Ltd 01.04.2003; Elsevier; Pergamon Press Inc
• Series: Social Science & Medicine
• Subjects: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome; Addictive behaviors; Adolescent; Adult; Adult and adolescent clinical studies; Bangladesh; Bangladesh - epidemiology; Behavior; Biological and medical sciences; condoms; Condoms - statistics & numerical data; Cross-Sectional Studies; Drug Abuse; Drug addiction; Health Behavior; Health risk assessment; HIV; HIV Infections - epidemiology; HIV Infections - psychology; HIV Infections - transmission; Human immunodeficiency virus; Human viral diseases; Humans; Infectious diseases; Injections; Logistic Models; Lorry drivers; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Occupational Health; Prevalence; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychopathology. Psychiatry; Qualitative Research; Risk behaviour; Risk Factors; Risk-Taking; Sexual Behavior; Sexual Behavior - classification; Sexual Behavior - psychology; Sexually transmitted diseases; Sexually Transmitted Diseases - epidemiology; Sexually Transmitted Diseases - psychology; Sexually Transmitted Diseases - transmission; Sexually transmitted diseases HIV Injections Truck drivers Bangladesh; Socioeconomic Factors; STD; Substance Abuse, Intravenous - epidemiology; Transmission; Transportation; Tropical medicine; Truck drivers; Trucking industry; Venereal Diseases; Viral diseases; Viral diseases of the lymphoid tissue and the blood. Aids; Workers; Workforce; Asia; Bangladesh; Sexually transmitted diseases; Injections; Bangladesh; HIV; Truck drivers; Intravenous administration; Condom; Sexual intercourse; Route of administration; Prevention; Dangerous behavior; Transmission from man to man; Human; Immunopathology; Drug addiction; Statistical analysis; Illicit drug; Retroviridae; Exploration; AIDS; Immune deficiency; Lentivirus; Infection; Virus; Sexually transmitted disease; Viral disease; Risk factor; Human immunodeficiency virus

To examine behaviors that could influence STD/HIV transmission in Bangladesh's trucking industry, a survey was orally administered to 388 truck drivers/helpers at Tejgaon truck stand in Dhaka. A two-tiered sampling strategy was used: 38 trucking agencies were randomly selected and a mean of 10....