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Abstract
This paper reports on women's understanding of diseases believed to be sexually transmitted in the Asaro Valley of the Eastern Highlands Province. Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) seemed to be a new category of disease as there were no local language terms for them. Women did not associate STDs with infertility. Although some symptoms were recognized and known to be sexually transmitted, STDs sometimes went untreated for years. STDs were thought of as milder than AIDS because they could be treated. Those informants who had good knowledge of AIDS claimed to have known an AIDS patient. It was interesting that those who knew an AIDS patient reported a change in sexual behaviour among people who saw the deteriorating state of their relative who was dying of AIDS.Entities:
Keywords: Action Research; Community; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Diseases; Geographic Factors; Infections; Infertility--women; Knowledge--women; Melanesia; Oceania; Papua New Guinea; Population; Population Characteristics; Reproduction; Reproductive Tract Infections--women; Research Methodology; Research Report; Residence Characteristics; Rural Population--women; Sexually Transmitted Diseases--prevention and control; Sexually Transmitted Diseases--women; Signs And Symptoms--women; Spatial Distribution; Women
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Year: 1996 PMID： 9795573
Source DB: PubMed Journal: P N G Med J ISSN： 0031-1480