1Associate Professor, Department of Community Medicine, Dr. Rajendera Prasad Government Medical College, Kangra, Himachal Pradesh, India
2Professor, Department of Community Medicine, Dr. Rajendera Prasad Government Medical College, Kangra, Himachal Pradesh, India
3Assistant Professor of Health Management, School of Public Health, PGIMER, Chandigarh, India
4Assistant Professor, Department of Community Medicine, Dr. Rajendera Prasad Government Medical College, Kangra, Himachal Pradesh, India
Online published on 6 November, 2014.
To understand the pattern of STIs and its associated factors among patients attending rural health centre of Himachal Pradesh, India.
Total 50 patients attended the clinic for STIs symptoms at rural health centre were randomly interviewed for nature of symptoms and sexual behavior.
Total 50 patient (females: 52.0%) were interviewed. Majority were of 15–25 year of age and Three fourth of females reported no other sexual partner apart from their spouse. At the clinic, only 16.3% of the patients were counseled for STIs and HIV/AIDS and just 12.2% visited counseling and testing centre. Overall, 26 (52.0%) patients were suffering at the time of presentation and 14 (28.0%) were affected in the past, of which, genital ulcer was observed to be common (33.3%) present complaint among males and lower abdominal pain (26.9%) among females in the past.
Genital ulcerative disease was common presenting episode for presenting illness and lower abdominal pain was in the past. Clinic based information showed that very less patients were counseled for the STIs, and still risky sexual behavior was observed among the males than the females.
STIs (Sexually Transmitted Infections), Surveillance, Rural area
