Attitude of elementary and middle school students and their parents toward children affected by HIV/AIDS and its determinants / 中南大学学报(医学版)
Journal of Central South University(Medical Sciences)
;
(12): 448-452, 2011.
Article
in Chinese
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-814556
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE@#To describe the attitude of elementary and middle school students and their parents toward children affected by HIV/AIDS and to analyze the determinants of such attitude.@*METHODS@#A cross-sectional study with the stratified cluster sampling method was conducted to interview elementary and middle school students and their parents, and questionnaires were distributed to collect information about the basic characteristics, HIV/AIDS knowledge and attitude toward children affected by HIV/AIDS. Student's t-test, ANOVA and multilevel model were used to analyze the data.@*RESULTS@#A total of 732 students and their parents finished the questionnaires. The students' and parents' awareness rates were 77.56% (95% CI 63.08% - 92.05%)and 81.76% (95% CI 72.33% - 91.20%), respectively. Questions with the lowest proportion of positive attitude included separating the children affected by HIV/AIDS and not studying with those children in the same class. Gender (b =-1.15, P =0.016) and knowledge (b =1.26, P <0.001) of students, as well as attitude (b =0.40, P <0.001) of parents were associated with the students' attitude, while parents' knowledge (b =0.93, P <0.001) was associated with parents' attitude.@*CONCLUSION@#Discrimination towards children affected by HIV/AIDS exists among students and their parents. HIV/AIDS knowledge education helps to improve the students' and parents' caring and supporting attitude toward children affected by HIV/AIDS.
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WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Parents
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Psychology
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Social Environment
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Students
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HIV Infections
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China
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Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
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Surveys and Questionnaires
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Sampling Studies
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Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
Type of study:
Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Qualitative research
Limits:
Adolescent
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Child
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
Chinese
Journal:
Journal of Central South University(Medical Sciences)
Year:
2011
Type:
Article
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