AIDS awareness among nursing students of Delhi.
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in English
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-112215
ABSTRACT
A total of 233 students of nursing school affiliated to a major hospital of Delhi were surveyed anonymously employing a predesigned, pretested and self-administered questionnaire. Although, 78.6 per cent students knew that AIDS stands for "Acquired Immuno-deficiency Syndrome," 15.5 per cent students were unaware of the fact that AIDS had reached India. Majority of them were aware of various aspects of HIV/AIDS. However, they also had few misconceptions particularly regarding HIV transmission. Contrary to our belief, only one-fourth students acquired AIDS information from scientific journals. One training session on AIDS conducted for a small group of students could not bring any significant change in their knowledge. Findings suggest organization of AIDS-training sessions at regular intervals from the very inception of nursing programme to impart complete and correct knowledge of these future Florence Nightingales regarding various aspects of HIV/AIDS and for removal of misconceptions.
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IMSEAR (South-East Asia)
Main subject:
Students, Nursing
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Female
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Humans
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Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
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Surveys and Questionnaires
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Adolescent
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Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
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Adult
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India
Type of study:
Qualitative research
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
English
Year:
1996
Type:
Article
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