Assessing Knowledge and Behaviour Towards HIV/AIDS among the school students: A cross sectional study
Indian J Prev Soc Med
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2022 Mar; 53(1): 48-57
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| ID: sea-224034
ABSTRACT
Background:
Inadequate knowledge of advance, absence of exact health data, and the prohibitions associated with sex education at homes and schools, indulgence in risky behavior and a lack of access to adequate reproductive health services further lends the adolescents susceptible to AIDS. Aim &Objectives:
In the present study, the knowledge and behavior towards HIV/AIDS among students in selected school have been assessed. Material &Methods:
Primary data has been taken from selected school with the help of structured questionnaire tools; school is located at Bhaipur Brahman village in Jewar block of Gautam Budh Nagar district, India. Univariate and Bivariate tables as well as chi-square test have been applied to know the association between demographic variables of students and their response.Results:
It was found that more than 65 % students were aware about HIV/AIDS. About 31% of students were reported that it cannot be transmit through sharing syringes where equal responses have been observed by male and female students.Conclusions:
It was observed that they had inadequate knowledge towards HIV/AIDS especially among age group10-13 years. Most of them have good attitude towards HIV/AIDS infected person.
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IMSEAR (South-East Asia)
Journal:
Indian J Prev Soc Med
Year:
2022
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