ABSTRACT
This study aimed to assess and upgrade the level of knowledge and attitudes towards AIDS among nurses and university graduates [U.G.]. The study used pre-test, post-test with no control group design. It was done over a period from January 1995 to July 1996. Four hundred and thirty four nurses and 244 U.G. were subjected to baseline questionnaire and health education lecture about HIV/AIDS. The mean score of knowledge and were attitudes significantly improved from pre to post-lecture among both groups [p=0.0001]. There were no significant differences in the levels of knowledge and attitudes pre and post-lecture between the two studied groups, or participants' sex [p>0.05]. There were statistically significant differences between married and single participants with high levels among married [p=0.003] Logistic regression analysis showed that marriage was the strongest predictor variable of good knowledge score [>/= 75%]