HIV/AIDS Knowledge, Attitudes and Behaviors Assessment of Chinese Students: A Questionnaire Study
Abstract
:Introduction
Material and Methods
Sampling
Questionnaire
Data Analysis
Results
Sample Characteristics
Sources of HIV/AIDS Information
Knowledge of HIV/AIDS
Attitudes and Beliefs about HIV/AIDS
Practices about HIV/AIDS
Gender differences
Differences among different faculties
Differences among different monthly expenditure
Discussion and Conclusion
Questions | Frequency | % |
---|---|---|
General knowledge | ||
Awareness of HIV | 258 | 100 |
HIV is a contagious disease | 254 | 98.4 |
Sources of HIV/AIDS infection | ||
People living with HIV and AIDS | 251 | 97.3 |
Relatives of people living with HIV | 25 | 9.7 |
People having casual contact with people living with HIV | 40 | 15.5 |
Total correct answer about sources of HIV infection | 179 | 69.4 |
Route of transmission: People can get HIV from | ||
Sexual intercourse without a condom | 255 | 98.8 |
Sharing needles among drug users | 252 | 97.8 |
Receiving blood from an HIV infected person | 249 | 96.5 |
Mother to child transmission | 232 | 89.9 |
Having oral sex with an HIV infected person | 110 | 42.8 |
Shaking hands with an infected person | 3 | 1.2 |
Mosquito bite with an infected person | 104 | 40.3 |
Sharing food together with an infected person | 10 | 3.9 |
Sharing tools and official utensils with an infected person | 5 | 1.9 |
Sharing public swimming pools with an infected person | 26 | 10.1 |
Total correct answers about transmission routes | 122 | 47.3 |
AIDS prevention methods | ||
ABC Prevention method | 52 | 20.6 |
Not sharing needles | 250 | 96.9 |
Reducing unnecessary blood transfusions and injections | 216 | 83.7 |
Using condoms during sexual intercourse | 241 | 93.4 |
Prevention of mother to child | 223 | 86.4 |
Treating STIs promptly | 117 | 45.3 |
Not donating blood illegally | 249 | 96.5 |
Avoiding mosquito bite | 68 | 26.4 |
Not sharing public swimming pools with an infected person | 24 | 9.3 |
Not sharing food with people living with HIV or AIDS | 4 | 1.6 |
Isolating people living with HIV or AIDS | 18 | 7.0 |
Total correct answers about AIDS prevention | 28 | 10.9 |
Knowledge on AIDS policies | Frequency | % |
---|---|---|
HIV/AIDS antibody testing institute | ||
Know | 71 | 27.8 |
Have no idea | 184 | 72.2 |
Free HIV antibody testing | ||
Yes | 117 | 45.9 |
No | 34 | 13.3 |
Have no idea | 104 | 40.8 |
Free treatment for AIDS patients | ||
Yes | 56 | 22.0 |
No | 134 | 52.5 |
Have no idea | 65 | 25.5 |
AIDS epidemic trend in China | ||
Accelerate | 221 | 87.0 |
Slow down | 6 | 2.4 |
Keep the same | 2 | 0.8 |
Have no idea | 25 | 9.8 |
Questions | Frequency | % |
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Attitudes towards HIV carriers and AIDS patients | ||
Willing to live with people having HIV/AIDS in the same community | 153 | 59.8 |
Reluctant to live with people having HIV/AIDS in the same community | 103 | 40.2 |
Dislike having contact with HIV/AIDS people | 59 | 23.0 |
Feel empathetic towards people living with HIV and AIDS | 103 | 40.2 |
Contact with people living with HIV as before | 94 | 36.7 |
Discriminate against people living with HIV and AIDS | 0 | 0 |
Attitudes towards prevention and control policies | ||
Provide condoms free in entertaining places | 221 | 86.3 |
Support public health promotion | 254 | 98.8 |
Chinese government capable of controlling HIV/AIDS epidemics | 58 | 22.6 |
Knowledge | Attitudes | Practices | ||||
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Group | Scores ≤30 | Scores ≥31 | Scores ≤10 | Scores ≥11 | Scores ≤8 | Scores ≥9 |
Monthly consumption <600Yuan | 112 | 45 | 120 | 37 | 20 | 137 |
Monthly consumption >700Yuan | 96 | 1 | 89 | 8 | 55 | 42 |
Mann-whitney test | Z = −5.545 p = 0.000 | Z = −3.101 p = 0.002 | Z = −7.448 p = 0.000 |
Groups Compared | B | S.E. | p | OR | 95% CI |
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Humanities Faculties | −0.295 | 0.642 | 0.646 | 0.744 | 0.211–2.620 |
Social Science Faculties | −0.659 | 0.583 | 0.258 | 0.518 | 0.165–1.622 |
Mathematics and Statistics Faculty | −0.350 | 0.603 | 0.562 | 0.705 | 0.216–2.299 |
Engineering Faculty | −0.330 | 0.797 | 0.679 | 0.719 | 0.151–3.426 |
Information Management Faculty | −2.167 | 0.883 | 0.014 | 0.114 | 0.020–0.646 |
Medicine Faculty | 0 | — | — | — | — |
Gender(1) | |||||
Male | 0.898 | 0.545 | 0.100 | 2.454 | 0.843–7.145 |
Female | 0 | — | — | — | — |
Monthly consumption | |||||
Monthly consumption below 600 Yuan | 3.867 | 1.035 | 0 | 47.806 | 6.288–363.433 |
Monthly consumption above 600 Yuan | 0 | — | — | — | — |
Boy/girlfriend now (1 =Yes) | 0.267 | 0.408 | 0.513 | 1.306 | 0.587–2.905 |
Having sex illusion (1 =Yes) | −0.700 | 0.502 | 0.163 | 0.496 | 0.186–1.327 |
Having masturbation (1=Yes) | −0.493 | 0.547 | 0.367 | 0.611 | 0.209–1.783 |
Having intercourse (1 =Yes) | −1.609 | 1.138 | 0.157 | 0.200 | 0.022–1.861 |
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Tan, X.; Pan, J.; Zhou, D.; Wang, C.; Xie, C. HIV/AIDS Knowledge, Attitudes and Behaviors Assessment of Chinese Students: A Questionnaire Study. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2007, 4, 248-253. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph2007030009
Tan X, Pan J, Zhou D, Wang C, Xie C. HIV/AIDS Knowledge, Attitudes and Behaviors Assessment of Chinese Students: A Questionnaire Study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2007; 4(3):248-253. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph2007030009
Chicago/Turabian StyleTan, Xiaodong, Jingju Pan, Dong Zhou, Chunhong Wang, and Chaojun Xie. 2007. "HIV/AIDS Knowledge, Attitudes and Behaviors Assessment of Chinese Students: A Questionnaire Study" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 4, no. 3: 248-253. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph2007030009