title: Efficacy of health education programme on awareness of AIDS among transsexuals.
abstract: A study of the awareness of Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) among Transsexual prostitutes attending the Middle Road Hospital was made. The present study involved 71 subjects of a cohort of 100 who were interviewed a year earlier and had subsequently been given intensive health education. The results show that there was now an increased awareness of AIDS in virtually all the subjects studied. In contrast, there has been no significant change in the use of safe sex practices as a direct consequence of this knowledge. The reasons for this are discussed. There may be a need for more intensive behaviour modification programme in this group of individuals.
authors.affiliation: Middle Road Hospital, Singapore.
authors.forename: K V
authors.initials: KV
authors.lastname: Ratnam
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000517:prevention & control*; D015331:Cohort Studies; D005260:Female; D006266:Health Education; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012307:Risk Factors; D012725:Sexual Behavior; D012846:Singapore; D014189:Transsexualism