Occupational characteristics and factor associated with prevention practices related to HIV/AIDS among alcohol factory male workers in industrial zone (1), Pyi Gyi Tagon Township, Mandalay, Myanmar

Abstract

The objective of this cross-sectional study was to indentify the occupational characteristics and to find factors associated with prevention practices related to HIV/AIDS among alcohol factory male workers in IZ (1), Pyi Gyi Tagon Township and Mandalay, Union of Myanmar. This study was conducted with 219 samples by using a structured interview questionnaire and data was collected in March 2012. There were 14 independent variables and 2 dependent variables for respondents in this study. Workers’ sex practices and prevalence of condom use were assessed in relation with the 14 independent variables. In a bivariate analysis, each independent variable was assessed separately in relation to their sex practices and consistent condom used. For respondents, semifinal multiple logistic regression models were then constructed for all dependent variables for which p =< 0.15 for all independent variables. Final logistic regressions were then constructed and all variables for which p =< 0.15 in semifinal models were entered. Some of the respondents are married but they are living with friends, relatives or living alone instead of living with families for their jobs and this factor tended to the extramarital sex(OR= 0.220, 95% CI= 0.063, 0.767, p-value= 0.017). One of the occupational characteristics, travelling for jobs, was significantly associated with sex practices: sex after drinking alcohol (OR= 26.696, 95% CI= 8.846, 80.551, p-value= <0.001), extramarital sex (OR= 9.509, 95% CI= 3.099, 29.182, p-value= <0.001), casual sex practices(OR= 14.571, 95% CI= 7.124, 29.802, p-value= <0.001), sex practices for having sex with female sex workers(OR= 12.238, 95% CI= 6.120, 24.470, p-value= <0.001) and having homo sex(OR= 12.768, 95% CI= 5.695, 28.628, p-value= <0.001). This result strongly suggest that occupational characteristics is one of the associated factor in this study, but do not prove causality. The observed association should be investigated further and the further study should not only focus on descriptive study but also point out for action research for prevention and control of it.