พฤติกรรมเสี่ยงต่อการติดเชื้อ HIV ของวัยรุ่นใช้แรงงาน : ศึกษาเฉพาะกรณี พนักงานสถานีบริการน้ำมัน อำเภอเมือง จังหวัดปทุมธานี / Risk behavior of HIV infection among adolescents : a case study of gas station workers in Amphoe Muang, Pathum Thani / Sueabskul Seangkrachang
The purpose of this study was to determine risk behavior to HIV Infection among Gas station workers in Amphoe Muang, Prathum Thani. The questionnairs which was constructed by the researcher was used to interview 300 subjects which were purposively selected as samples from gas station workers. The obtained data were then analyed in terms of percentages, means, standard deviations and chi-square. method was also applied to identify any significant differences among variables related to subjects with high and low knowledge score as well as variables related to subjects with high and low risk behavior. The findings were as follows : 1. The knowledge about AIDS was from among gas station workers intermediate to good level. 2.There was no relationship between the knowledge about AIDS and factors which were sex, education level, birth place, attitude on premarital sex experience and a chance to recieve education about AIDS P-value > 0.05. While factors, which were age, income, and attitude about having first experience with commercial sex worker, had statistically significant relationship with the level of knowledge about AIDS. 3. The behavior of ever having sex with friend or commercial sex worker as statistically related to the level of knowledge about AIDS, where as the use of condom while having sex nor the use of heroine intravenous injection was not related to the level of knowledge about AIDS.