Abstract:

Background: "Health is not only the absence of disease but a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being" (WHO, 1946). From this statement the idea about health could be draw that health is as much as a social as a biological issue or health as state of relative, physical, mental and social well-being. Nepal is also developing country. Nepal is driven by many factors such as poverty, low literacy levels, low levels of male and female condom use, cultural and religious factors, stigma and discrimination for the transmission of HIV.

Methods: This study is based on the descriptive and quantitative types of design. Descriptive methods will be used for analysis and interpretations of the collected data.

Results: All the hotel workers of dhangadhi were respondents of the study. There were 20 hotels and 105 hotel workers. Among them 65 male and 40 were female and they were the source of primary data. All 105 respondents were main source of data and the study was conducted at Dhangadhi, Kailai in Far-western province of Nepal.

Conclusion: This is a small-scale study in the area of knowledge, transmission, prevention and influence of STIs among the hotel workers which was performed 2019 at Dhangadhi, Kailai in Far-western province of Nepal. The conclusion derived from the above findings which tried to meet the objectives of the research.

Keywords: To measure the knowledge, attitude and skills of Hotel workers about STIs and HIV/AIDS.

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