Knowledge and Attitude in Hamadan University of Medical Sciences Students toward AIDS: A Cross- Sectional Study from West of Iran
International Clinical Neuroscience Journal,
Vol. 4 No. 3 (2017),
10 September 2017
,
Page 103-106
https://doi.org/10.22037/icnj.v4i3.17563
Abstract
Introduction: Young people are the major group at risk of acquiring AIDS worldwide. It is one of the health problems in the world, in particular in developing countries. In this study, knowledge and attitude of Iranian students in Hamadan University of Medical Sciences toward HIV and AIDS was assessed.
Methods: This investigation was a descriptive cross-sectional study. 509 students were selected from Hamadan University of Medical Sciences schools by sampling methods in 2014-2015. To collect data, the demographic and the international AIDS questionnaire was used. Data analysis was performed by the Mann-Whitney and Kruskal-Wallis test with SPSS-16 software.
Results: It was found that the means and standard deviation of knowledge score and attitude towards AIDS in general were 53.86±6 and 20.21±3.29, respectively. The results showed that no significant difference was seen between gender and level of knowledge (P=0.391) and attitude about AIDS (P=0.104).
The results of the Kruskal-Wallis test showed a significant difference between faculty and students knowledge (P=0.012). Also, the findings illustrated that there was no significant relationship between faculty (P=0.147) and level of education (P=0.289) and their attitude to AIDS sufferers.
Conclusion: The overall rate of knowledge and attitude about HIV/AIDS among students in Hamadan University of Medical sciences was acceptable and good. It is proposed that information about AIDS/HIV issues as part of the course content plan for all students. Young people are most at risk of HIV, proper training is essential to raise young people knowledge.
- Knowledge
- Attitude
- AIDS
How to Cite
References
Mojtahedzadeh V, Razani N, Malekinejad M, Vazirian M, Shoaee S, Saberi Zafarghandi MB, et al. Injection drug use in Rural Iran: integrating HIV prevention into iran's rural primary health care system. AIDS Behav. 2008 Jul;12(4 Suppl):S7-12.
Haghdoost AA, Mostafavi E, Mirzazadeh A, Navadeh S, Feizzadeh A, Fahimfar N, et al. Modelling of HIV/AIDS in Iran up to 2014. J AIDS HIV Res. 2011;3(12):231-9.
Khajehkazemi R, Osooli M, Sajadi L, Karamouzian M, Sedaghat A, Fahimfar N, et al. HIV prevalence and risk behaviours among people who inject drugs in Iran: the 2010 National urveillance Survey. Sex Transm Infect. 2013 Nov;89 Suppl 3:iii29-32.
Shamsipour M, Khajehkazemi R, Haghdoost AA, Setayesh H, KarimanMajd S, Mostafavi E. Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice of Clerical Students with Respect to HIV/AIDS in Iran, 2011. J Relig Health. 2016 Feb;55(1):26-37.
Maswanya E, Moji K, Aoyagi K, Yahata Y, Kusano Y, Nagata K, et al. Knowledge and attitudes toward AIDS among female college students in Nagasaki, Japan. Health Educ Res. 2000 Feb;15(1):5-11.
Mahat G, Scoloveno M. An HIV/AIDS education intervention for Nepalese adolescent females. Nurs Clin North Am. 2006 Sep;41(3):409-23, vii.
Mondal MNI, Khan MAR, Islam MR, Mamun A. Commercial sex workers in brothels are hallmark of HIV epidemic in Bangladesh. Pakistan Journal of Social Sciences. 2005;3(9):1152-8.
Uddin A, Isaramalai S-a, Thassari J, Student RM (2014). Knowledge and Attitude regarding HIV/AIDS Prevention among Adolescents in Bangladesh. Faculty of Liberal Arts, Prince of Songkla University. 2014: 1-16
http://www.cdc.gov/publication/pdf/pp-ch.7 CHAayURf.
Retrieved WHOYpAwohitHAp, www.who.int/child-adolescent health/HIV/HIV_adolescents.htm f.
Othman SM. Knowledge About HIV/AIDS Among High School Students in Erbil City/Iraq. Glob J Health Sci. 2015;7(1):16.
Tavoosi A, Zaferani A, Enzevaei A, Tajik P, Ahmadinezhad Z. Knowledge and attitude towards HIV/AIDS among Iranian students. BMC public health. 2004;4(1):1.
Huda MN, Amanullah A. HIV/AIDS-Related Knowledge among Secondary School Students in Bangladesh: A Cross-Sectional Study. Adv Infect Dis. 2013;3(04):274.
Omidvar SH. Knowledge level and Attitude of midwifery and nursing students regarding AIDS Babol, 2000. J Babol Univ Med Sci 2003; 5(2):37-41.
Mirnejad R, Kiani J, Jeddi F, Alaedini F. Knowledge, attitude and practice of Iran University of Medical Sciences Students about AIDS. Iran Journal of Nursing. 2009;21(56):17-26.
Fathi Y TM Knowledge and attitude of Hamedan University Non-Medical Students towards ADIS. Journal of Guilan University of Medical Sciences. 1197;4(1):40-46.
Mohammad Nejad E SE, Akbari Kaji, M. Knowledge and Attitude of Students of the Azad University of Saveh about AIDS. Journal of Research Development in Nursing & Midwifery. 2012;8(2):43-49.
Oliveira E, Narendran S, Falcao A. Brazilian dental students’ knowledge and attitudes towards HIV infection. AIDS care. 2002;14(4):569-76.
Savaser S. Knowledge and attitudes of high school students about AIDS: A Turkish perspective. Public Health Nurs. 2003;20(1):71-9.
Yazdi-Ravandi S, Taslimi Z, Jamshidian N, Saberi H, Shams J, Haghparast A. Prediction of quality of life by self-efficacy, pain intensity and pain duration in patient with pain disorders. Basic Clin Neurosci. 2013;4(2):117-24.
Yazdi-Ravandi S, Taslimi Z, Saberi H, Shams J, Osanlo S, Nori G, et al. The role of resilience and age on quality of life in patients with pain disorders. Basic Clin Neurosci. 2013;4(1):24.
- Abstract Viewed: 853 times
- PDF Downloaded: 436 times