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Characteristics of study participants, Takeo province, Cambodia, 2002 |
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| Total (n = 500) |
Children* (n = 212) |
Adult women (n = 189) |
Adult men (n = 99) |
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| Age: |
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| median |
22 |
9 |
38 |
37 |
| range (years) |
0–80 |
0–16 |
17–79 |
17–80 |
| Injection experiences (6-month period) |
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| Number of injections |
1483 |
557 |
713 |
213 |
| Overall injection rate (per person-year) |
5.9 |
5.3 |
7.5 |
4.3 |
| Proportions of subjects who received: |
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| ≥ 1 vaccine injection |
15% |
35% |
0% |
0% |
| ≥ 1 therapeutic injection |
32% |
31% |
39% |
20% |
| ≥ 1 intravenous infusion |
16% |
16% |
18% |
14% |
| ≥ 1 injection (any type) |
40% |
46% |
42% |
24% |
| ≥ 5 injections (any type) |
18% |
18% |
22% |
9% |
| Knowledge and attitudes^ |
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| Trusted practitioners if no injections prescribed |
90% |
ND |
90% |
89% |
| Preferred injection for treatment of fever |
32% |
ND |
35% |
26% |
| Believed injections more powerful than oral medication |
47% |
ND |
50% |
40% |
| Aware that dirty syringes can transmit HIV |
95% |
ND |
96% |
93% |
| Aware that dirty syringes can transmit hepatitis |
59% |
ND |
60% |
57% |
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ND = not determined * participants aged ≤ 16 years ^ adults only (288 total respondents) | ||||
Vong et al. BMC Public Health 2005 5:56 doi:10.1186/1471-2458-5-56 |
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