Survey on awareness of AIDS-related knowledge and behaviors among 253 women employees for public service in Shaoxing county

The study was designed to survey the awareness of AIDS-related knowledge and behavioral characteristics of female employees for public service in Shaoxing county. A questionnaire survey was conducted among 253 target women by cluster random sampling, and 233 women completed the questionnaire, which indicated that the awareness of AIDS-related knowledge among these women was not satisfied. Only a small part of sex workers used condoms in commercial sex. Therefore, the health education on AIDS-related knowledge and the effective interventions should be conducted among the population in different form.