A study of awareness regarding HIV/AIDS among secondary school students

Shinde, Mohan; Trivedi, Anshuli; Shinde, Anita; Mishra, Santosh Kumar

doi:10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20161611

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“…Similar findings were noted by Kiran et al 9 Correct knowledge about different methods of prevention of HIV/AIDS like use of barrier contraceptives, Avoid using contaminated needle / syringe, screening of donor's blood before transfusion and avoid unprotected sex with multiple partners among medical students was 91%, 69%, 71% and 84% and among non-medical students was 65%, 39%, 29% and 62% respectively. These findings were comparable with study done by Satheesh et al and Mohan et al 11,12…”

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A comparative study on HIV/AIDS awareness among medical and non-medical students of Gujarat

Kathad¹,

Patwa²,

Patel³

et al. 2018

Int J Community Med Public Health

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Background: The acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) caused by human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a modern pandemic affecting industrialized and developing countries. Around half of the new cases of HIV occur in individuals beneath 25 years of age. Present study was carried out to assess the knowledge and sensitization levels of 1st year college- students about basics of HIV/AIDS, prevention, support, treatment, their perceptions of programmatic services and stigma/discrimination pertaining to HIV/ AIDS.Methods: One hundred medical students of SBKS MIRC, Sumandeep Vidhyapeeth and one hundred non-medical students of Sanskar education trust were interviewed with the help of pre-designed questionnaire to know and compare the awareness of HIV/AIDS among students.Results: Correct knowledge of treatment, curability and vaccine of HIV was only with 85%, 40% and 55% among medical students and 66%, 24% and 48% among non-medical students respectively. Correct knowledge about route of transmission of HIV was higher in medical students compare to non-medical students and this Knowledge difference was statistically significant (p<0.05).Conclusions: The outcomes underline that there is a need of education programs in the school and adolescent period in the nation so that risk groups will be appropriately educated about this deadly disease.

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A comparative study on HIV/AIDS awareness among medical and non-medical students of Gujarat

Kathad¹,

Patwa²,

Patel³

et al. 2018

Int J Community Med Public Health

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“…15 In the present study, Majority (68.39%) got the knowledge by print media, Next (53.68%) from the teachers, Internet (54.55%), Television (44.12%) and friends (39%). Similar findings were noted by Kiran et al…”

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HIV awareness among first year MBBS students in a private medical college, Telangana, India

Shridevi¹,

Srigouri²

2017

Int J Community Med Public Health

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Background: Globally, since 1980, 70 million people were infected with HIV virus and 33.3 million people have died of HIV. In Sub-Saharan Africa, largest number of people living with HIV is Asia. In these areas 19 million of the 35 million people living with the virus globally do not know their HIV positive status. The objectives of the study were to know the awareness regarding HIV and its mode of transmission, clinical features and diagnosis of HIV, prevention and vaccine availability of HIV.Methods: Study design: cross sectional study, study area: private medical college, Telangana state, study population- 136 students in the 1st year MBBS. Methodology: The data was collected by a pre designed, pretested and semi structured questionnaire which consisted of, identification data, HIV Awareness, mode of transmission, symptoms and diagnosis, prevention and vaccine availability of HIV. The data was analyzed by using Microsoft Excel.Results: Males and females in the study were 43.38% and 56.6% respectively. Mean age of students was 18.184. 100% of the students heard about HIV, 25% of the students did not know that HIV and AIDS are different stages of the same disease. 98.52% were aware that contaminated needles and syringes as route of transmission, 87.5% were aware about vertical transmission. 93.38% of the students have a correct opinion that avoiding multiple partners’. 80.88% knew that antiretroviral drugs are available. 91.91% knew that the vaccine is not yet available for HIV.Conclusions: There is overall satisfactory level of awareness on routes of transmission and prevention of HIV/AIDS but knowledge regarding symptoms is less. There were several misconceptions regarding route and Prevention of HIV. Very few knew that immediate medical attention will prevent HIV.

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“…On the other hand, the present findings showed that school students' awareness of how HIV could be transmitted from mother to child was low. This has been confirmed by Shinde, Trivedi, Shinde, and Mishra (2017) who found that school students' awareness of how HIV was transmitted from mother to fetus was low (Shinde et al, 2017). In Israel, Baytner-Zamir reported school students' low awareness of HIV transmission to child through breastfeeding (Baytner-Zamir, Lorber, & Hermoni, 2014).…”

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Iranian school students’ awareness of and attitude towards HIV/AIDS: a systematic review

Dadipoor

Shahsavari

Ghaffari

et al. 2019

International Journal of Adolescence and Youth

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This paper attempts to assess the knowledge and attitude on HIV/AIDS among school students of Iran. The following data sources were searched for eligible studies: Medline, Science Direct, CINAHL, Scopus, Web of Science, SID, ISC, Magiran, and Google Scholar from 1990 to the end of 2016. The quality of the studies was evaluated using the 22-item STROBE checklist. The highest level of awareness belonged to sharing clothes (93.15) and blood transfusion, respectively (86.31), while the lowest level of awareness was related to transmitting HIV from mother to child (42.05). The study identified a substantial gap in the knowledge, negative attitude towards HIV/AIDS and its transmission among Iranian school students. Accordingly, schools should be regarded as one of the main focuses of activities in the strategies of AIDS risk reduction, and education of school students about all aspects of HIV/AIDS has to be considered seriously by the education policymakers.

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A study of awareness regarding HIV/AIDS among secondary school students

Cited by 7 publications

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A comparative study on HIV/AIDS awareness among medical and non-medical students of Gujarat

A comparative study on HIV/AIDS awareness among medical and non-medical students of Gujarat

HIV awareness among first year MBBS students in a private medical college, Telangana, India

Iranian school students’ awareness of and attitude towards HIV/AIDS: a systematic review

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