AIDS knowledge and attitudes in a Turkish population: an epidemiological study

Ayrancı, Unal

doi:10.1186/1471-2458-5-95

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“…On the other hand, health workers had a less important role in educating people. This outcome is similar to other previous studies showing the important role of the mass media in raising people's awareness about AIDSrelated problems [13][14][15].…”

Section: Sources Of Information About Hiv/aidssupporting

confidence: 81%

Knowledge, attitude and beliefs towards HIV/AIDS among students of health institutes in Sana’a city

Na¹,

Am²,

Fg³

2012

East Mediterr Health J

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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. Sana'a and Al-Sabeen Hospital, Sana'a, Yemen (Correspondence to N.A. Al-Rabeei: nabilalrabeei@hotmail.com

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confidence: 81%

Knowledge, attitude and beliefs towards HIV/AIDS among students of health institutes in Sana’a city

Na¹,

Am²,

Fg³

2012

East Mediterr Health J

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“…The misconceptions about the transmission of HIV, such as hugging and kissing, sharing glasses with an infected person, mosquito bites, and sharing toilet seat, cause stigma against HIV positive people. Our findings were consistent with the findings of the other published studies in China, Turkey, India, and the USA [15][16][17][18][19]. Therefore, it is essential to introduce and provide the accurate information about the transmission routes of HIV to decrease the misconceptions, prejudice, and stigmatization [20].…”

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confidence: 91%

HIV Knowledge and Awareness Status of the Medical Students in Romania: An Awareness Study

Parcaoglu¹,

Gedık²

2017

J Infect Dis Med

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“…In these countries, HIV/AIDS is widely viewed as a consequence of sexual immorality or immoral behaviors, thus, infected individuals are considered responsible for acquiring the disease. In some cases, the infection is perceived as a punishment given by God to perpetuators of sins like prostitution, promiscuity, drug use, or homosexuality (Kaldjian, et al 1998, Ayranci 2005. Ghanaians are very religious and moral people and have a value system to which they adhere (Awusabo-Asare et al 2004).…”

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HIV/AIDS-related stigma in Kumasi, Ghana

Ulasi

Preko²,

Baidoo³

et al. 2009

Health & Place

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Objective-To assess HIV/AIDS-related stigma and discrimination of people living with HIV/ AIDS (PLWHA) in Kumasi, Ghana.Methods-A cross-sectional survey of 104 adults from the four sub-districts in Kumasi was conducted.Results-Four stigma constructs, employment-based discrimination, screening and identification of HIV positive people, revelation of HIV status and social contact stigma were determined based on reliability measures from responses to the questionnaire. Regression analysis showed that participants with higher educational attainment were more likely to favor policies denying employment to PLWHA (p<0.05), but disapproved of revealing HIV sero-status (p<0.05). Muslims were more likely than Christians to agree with identifying PLWHA (p<0.05) and more likely to advocate revealing HIV sero-status (p<0.05). Males were more likely to favor revealing HIV status (p<0.05). Employed persons were more likely to have social contact with PLWHA (p<0.05).Conclusions-These findings are useful in guiding the design of interventions against HIV/AIDSrelated stigma in Kumasi.

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AIDS knowledge and attitudes in a Turkish population: an epidemiological study

Cited by 53 publications

References 21 publications

Knowledge, attitude and beliefs towards HIV/AIDS among students of health institutes in Sana’a city

Knowledge, attitude and beliefs towards HIV/AIDS among students of health institutes in Sana’a city

HIV Knowledge and Awareness Status of the Medical Students in Romania: An Awareness Study

HIV/AIDS-related stigma in Kumasi, Ghana

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