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    Intention to practice positive preventive behaviors of transmission and acquisition among teenagers with HIV in risk areas of Thailand
    (2014) Supapun Singhor; Kanittha Chamroonsawasdi; Phitaya Charupoonphol; Wirin Kittipichai; สุภาพรรณ สิงห์เหาะ; กนิษฐา จำรูญสวัสดิ์; พิทยา จารุพูนผล; วิริณธิ์ กิตติพิชัย; Mahidol University. Faculty of Public Health
    This study aims to explore the intention to practice positive preventive behaviors of HIV transmission and acquisition, the factors that have an influence on and have an ability to predict the intention to practice positive preventive behaviors of HIV transmission and acquisition among HIV positive teenagers in risk areas of Thailand. The sample included 237 HIV positive teenagers aged 13-19 years, both male and female, who attended ARV clinics in the hospital. They were purposively selected by the inclusion criteria and following with random sampling from patient number list by queue in each day. Data were collected through a self-administered questionnaire from 1 May to 31 August, 2013. Data analysis was performed by using descriptive statistics to present the percentage, mean, and standard deviation. Chi-square test and Multiple Logistic Regression Analysis were used to identify factors related to positive preventive behaviors. Study results show that 19.0% of these teenagers had previous sexual experience. 91.1% of those who had sexual experiences was at an inappropriate level. For those who never had sexual experience, 50.0% had need of improvement levels of such intention. The factors that were significantly associated with the intention to practice positive preventive behaviors of HIV transmission and acquisition (p-value < 0.05) were sex, HIV/AIDS knowledge, condom knowledge, threat appraisal, coping appraisal, relationship with parents or care givers and peer influence. The factors that significantly predicted the intention to practice positive preventive behaviors of HIV transmission and acquisition among HIV positive teenagers (p-value < 0.05) were coping appraisal and peer influence. Study results suggest that healthcare services, organizations and the multidisciplinary health teams, who provide counseling and work with HIV positive children and adolescents, as well as their families, should develop a plan together to organize activities on HIV/AIDS knowledge, condom knowledge, positive preventive of HIV transmission and acquisition and to enhance coping appraisal of HIV transmission and acquisition by let teenagers with HIV or family has participate or peer group.