AIDS knowledge and attitudes for May and June 1988. Provisional data from the National Health Interview Survey.
AIDS knowledge and attitudes for May and June 1988. Provisional data from the National Health Interview Survey.
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1988 年 5 月和 6 月的艾滋病知识和态度。来自全国健康访谈调查的临时数据。
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1988
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Dawson Da
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The National Center for Health Statistics conducted surveys of 3205 and 4048 civilian noninstitutionalized adults in May and June 1988 respectively using the revised AIDS Knowledge and Awareness Survey. To allow timely release of the data simple descriptive statistics are provided here without commentary or interpretation. Questions cover sources of AIDS information self-assessed levels of AIDS knowledge basic facts about HIV and transmission blood donation experience blood testing for HIV perceived effectiveness of protective measures self-assessed chances of getting HIV personal contact with persons with AIDS or HIV and willingness to participate in a national seroprevalence survey. Data are broken down by age sex race and level of education for all questions. In most cases the actual question asked is reproduced here. 25% of US adults had read pamphlets about AIDS in the month preceding the May survey and this increased to 52% by June. In June 86% of adults had seen public service announcements about AIDS on television and 49% had heard radio announcements. General knowledge about AIDS and HIV transmission increased slightly between May and June. Previous surveys had shown widespread misinformation about HIV transmission but in June 60% of adults thought it was very unlikely or impossible to transmit HIV by using public toilets and 49% thought it was very unlikely or impossible to be spread by insect bites. 40% of adults had donated blood at some time in their lives 12% since 1985. 76% of adults knew of a blood test for the AIDS virus and 16% have had their blood tested for the virus 1/2 as a result of routine blood donation. 2% of adults said they belong to a risk group but 74% believe they have no chance of catching the virus.