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- Title
Knowledge, attitude and beliefs towards HIV/AIDS among students of health institutes in Sana'a city.
- Authors
Al-Rabeei, N. A.; Dallak, A. M.; Al-Awadi, F. G.
- Abstract
Students of health-related subjects have an important role in national strategies on HIV/AIDS prevention. This study assessed the knowledge, attitudes and beliefs towards HIV/AIDS among students at health institutes in Sana'a city, Yemen. A descriptive cross-sectional questionnaire survey was conducted on 600 students selected by cluster sampling. Students had a moderate level of HIV/AIDS knowledge (an average of 67.6% were correct on all items). Nevertheless, 82.3% knew that HIV could be transmitted by sexual intercourse without a condom, 87.5% from syringes, 71.8% from infected blood and 80.7% from mother to child. Misconceptions about how HIV is transmitted (e.g. hugging and kissing or sharing food, swimming pools and classrooms) were found among 41.5% of the students. Attitudes towards people living with HIV/AIDS showed that 59.8% of students were accepting and positive. There was a common opinion among respondents that HIV-infected persons needed to be punished (65.5%) and isolated (41.0%); however, 86.8% were willing to care for an HIV-infected person.
- Subjects
YEMEN (Republic); HIV infections &; psychology; HIV infection transmission; ACADEMIC medical centers; ATTITUDE (Psychology); CHI-squared test; CLUSTER analysis (Statistics); DISEASES; HEALTH attitudes; HEALTH occupations students; RESEARCH methodology; QUESTIONNAIRES; STATISTICAL sampling; SELF-evaluation; INFORMATION resources; CROSS-sectional method; HEALTH literacy; DATA analysis software; DESCRIPTIVE statistics
- Publication
Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal, 2012, Vol 18, Issue 3, p221
- ISSN
1020-3397
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.26719/2012.18.3.221