Chakraborty J, Shah S, Purohit A; International Conference on AIDS.
Int Conf AIDS. 1993 Jun 6-11; 9: 862 (abstract no. PO-D14-3866).
Department of Physiology, Medical College of Ohio, Toledo.
Mass education in India on HIV/AIDS is desperately needed. The goal of this preliminary survey was to obtain information regarding the knowledge of Indian students on HIV/AIDS who are living there. Thirty-eight students between ages of 18-26 were randomly selected. 32% were males and 68% females. 50% thought that both homosexual and bisexual populations are high-risk groups. Although 97.4% knew that children born to infected mothers are at high risk. 11.1% did not know whether AIDS is completely curable and 37% thought that this disease is medically/surgically curable. 13.2% thought that a vaccine is available; in fact, one student proposed that the best age for vaccination is 14 years, another one suggested that all infants should be immunized against HIV. 74% felt that their knowledge about AIDS is not adequate. 90% also felt that Indian people in general do not have adequate knowledge about AIDS. 82% felt that there should be a screening program for the high-risk group and 90% felt that governmental support is inadequate. This study shows that further support is urgently needed for education and screening.
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Keywords:
- Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
- Adult
- Child
- Educational Status
- Female
- HIV Infections
- HIV Seropositivity
- Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
- Homosexuality
- Humans
- India
- Infant
- Knowledge
- Male
- Students
- education
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UI: 102207169
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