AIDS related knowledge awareness and attitude of public security and judical staff in some areas of China

Objective To understand the AIDS related knowledge awareness, and attitude and related factors of public security and judical staff, and provide scientific evidence for the education on reducing discrimination to AIDS patients. Methods The survey was conducted among 2374 public security and judical staff in 5 cities of 4 provinces and 1 district of Chongqing municipality, selected by cluster stratified random sampling in 18 lities/districts in 7 provinces, where China Global Fund AIDS Programme Round Five was implemented. Univariate analysis and multivariate logistic regression analysis were conducted to identify related factors to their AIDS related knowledge awareness and attitude. Results Among the surveyed subjects, 39.5% (937/2374) showed discrimination to AIDS patients, and reluctant to have contact with people living with HIV/AIDS. Those who knew that HIV carrier may look healthy, that mosquito bite and sharing table for meal with HIV infected person wouldnt result in HIV infection, and that HIV transmission could be reduced by using condoms or having sex with regular partner showed positive attitude to AIDS, the ORs were 0.62 (95% CI:0.40-0.97), 0.48 (95% CI:0.32-0.74), 0.37 (95% CI:0.40-0.97), 0.40 (95% CI:0.22-0.70) and 0.45 (95% CI:0.272-0.74) respectively. Those who worked in office or had lower position were more likely to show discrimination, and the ORs were 1.43 (95% CI:1.23-1.66) and 1.26 (95% CI:1.02-1.54) respectively.Conclusion The public security and judical staff in the surveyed areas had high HIV/AIDS related knowledge awareness, however, discrimination to AIDS still existed to a certain extent.It is necessary to strengthen the education on the none transmission routes of AIDS to reduce the discrimination to people living with HIV/AIDS.