ABSTRACT
Introduction: Young people worldwide are considered as the major group at risk of AIDS. Education and prevention is the primary priority of health care for control of AIDS
Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine the level of knowledge and attitude of students in Qom non-medical universities on AIDS
Methods: This study was conducted in 2012. This was a descriptive analytical study and samples included 588 students from non-medical universities in Qom city who were selected by convenient sampling method. The self-administrated questionnaire included a demographic questionnaire and Iranian- version of international questionnaire on AIDS. Data were analyzed using statistical tests including Kruscal - Wallis, Chi-square, t-test, ANOVA and Spearman correlations
Results: Findings revealed that majority [76%] of subjects were female. 28.2% of samples received their knowledge about AIDS and its prevention ways from radio and television, 1.4% from friends and 2.6 from university sources. The mean scores of domains included transmission myths [28.34 +/- 4.73], attitudes or prejudices about AIDS patients [19.75 +/- 3.72], personal risk [10.19 +/- 2.28], facts on AIDS transmission [12 +/- 3.41] and total score [70.04 +/- 8.77]. Study results indicated that girls had more knowledge and better attitude about people with HIV/ AIDS than boys [p<0.0001]
Conclusion: Although study findings indicated that students had almost high level of knowledge and attitude in relation to HIV/AIDS but this level of knowledge is not sufficient and students need developed educational programs
ABSTRACT
During an eight month prospective study, 8240 newborns were examined for detection of congenital dislocation of the hip from Oct. 23,1991 to June 22, 1992. On first examination we found 1302 neonates [158/1000 live births] to have abnormal hips; 1063 [81.6%] were prone to subluxation [subluxatable], 218 [16.81%] prone to dislocation [dislocatable], 17 [1.3%] were dislocated and 4 [0.3%] were teratologic. The newborns with abnormal hips were followed in a neonatal OPD held for this purpose. After the sixth month of life 1272 [97.7%] of the neonatally unstable hips had resolved spontaneously, leaving 30 hips with true congenital dislocation [3.6/1000 live births]