Title: Investigation on AIDS Related KAP Among College Students
Abstract: Objective To learn about the awareness about AIDS in college students,explore the effective method on health education about AIDS in college students. Method A random questionnaire survey was conducted among the students in a university in Chengdu. Results A total of 500 questionnaires were delivered and 499 were returned (99.8%). The rate of whom correctly answered all the questions about AIDS was 16.6%,which was higher in boy students than in girl students,the awareness rate on three transmission routes was ≥90%; some students showed fear and discrimination for the people living with HIV/AIDS,7.9% of students reported heterosexual contact,while 2.0% reported homosexual contact; 4.1% had drug use history,among them 0.7% were injecting heroin users; 12.3% used condoms at the latest sexual intercourse. The major channels from which the knowledge about AIDS was obtained were newspaper,TV and internet. More than 90% of the students were willing to receive and participate in publicizing about AIDS prevention. Conclusion It is necessary to strengthen the health education about AIDS among college students and publicize general population by the participation of the students.
Publication Year: 2009
Publication Date: 2009-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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