Current situation of Xinjiang medical students′AIDS discrimination and influence factors analysis / 重庆医学

ABSTRACT

Objective To understand the status quo of AIDS discrimination among Xinjiang medical college students and its influence factors .Methods By using the stratified cluster sampling method ,583 students in a Xinjiang medical college were conduc‐ted the AIDS related questionnaire investigation .Results If medical undergraduate students found that the schoolmates carried HIV ,18 .01% of college students would not directly contact with them ,45 .97% of medical college students would not give sympa‐thy and concern ,31 .22% of students would not keep normal communication with them ,53 .17% of medical college students thought that they should drop out of school to go home ,32 .76% of medical college students would not keep a secret to the outside world ;40 .99% of the medical college students would advise them to restrain their own behaviors ,24 .87% of medical college students would choose to report it to the teacher or leader .By the multivariate analysis of covariance ,gender ,nationality ,family monthly in‐come ,origin of students ,AIDS related knowledge ,etc .were the factors affecting the level of AIDS discrimination .Conclusion The medical college students have a certain degree of discrimination to the AIDS patients ,learning the AIDS related knowledge should be strengthened for reducing the fear psychology on AIDS ,thus to eliminate the discrimination towards AIDS .