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An Affordable HIV-1 Drug Resistance Monitoring Method for Resource Limited Settings
Published on: March 30, 2014
Smajil Durmisević1, Jasminka Serdarević-Durmisević
1Zavod za javno zdravstvo Zenica.
Abstract:
The aim of this work was to examine spread of harmful habits in student youth, as risk factors for HIV infection, in correlation with way of life. In this work survey method with survey questionnaires was used. We have examined two groups of students from Pedagogic academy and Islamic pedagogic academy. Students of Pedagogic academy are smokers in percent of 41.1%, 52.2% male and 36.25% female, and on Islamic pedagogic academy 8.75% students smoke, 16.6% male, and there are no female smokers. Smokers mostly come from medium educated families (66.6%). Alcohol drinks are consumed by 41% of students Pedagogic academy, 56.6% male and 37.2% female, while that habit is not present among students of Islamic pedagogic academy. Students with this habit mostly come from medium educated families (60.4%). Narcotics are consumed by 5.1% students of Pedagogic academy, 4.3% male and 5.3% female, while that habit is not present among students of Islamic pedagogic academy. Students with this habit mostly come from medium educated families (50.0%) and high educated families (33.4%). Students which smoke come from smoking families (in 86%), parents of half of students which consume alcohol also have that habit (47.9%), while use of narcotics is not present among parents of students which consume those. Smoking is considerably more spread among students of Pedagogic academy (40.1%), than among students of Islamic pedagogic academy (8.7%). Consuming of alcohol drinks and narcotics is not present among students of Islamic pedagogic academy. For prevention of HIV infection infallible component is a call for reaffirmation of classical moral values among people.
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