Awareness and Attitude of the General Public Toward HIV/AIDS in Coastal Karnataka.
Awareness and Attitude of the General Public Toward HIV/AIDS in Coastal Karnataka.
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10.4103/0970-0218.62580
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2010-01-01
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B, Reshmi
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Unnikrishnan, B;Mithra, Prasanna P;B, Reshmi
目的：了解卡纳塔克邦沿海城市芒格洛尔市公众对艾滋病病毒感染者(PLWHA)的认知和态度。设计：以社区为基础的横断面研究。材料和方法：研究对象为630名18岁及以上的人群。这些信息是通过半结构化的预测问卷收集的。问卷包括关于艾滋病毒/艾滋病传播方式的24个问题(9个问题)和评估对艾滋病毒/艾滋病患者的态度的问题(15个问题)。采用SPSS Version 11.5统计软件进行卡方检验，P<；0.05具有统计学意义。结果：约1/3的被调查人群认为只接触HIV阳性者即可感染。大约45%的人表示，一旦发现女佣的艾滋病毒呈阳性，他们就会解雇她。约54%的人愿意接受艾滋病毒检测。高中以下文化程度的被调查者对HIV阳性者持歧视态度，对他们应该遭受的痛苦、解雇HIV阳性女佣、在公交车上不愿坐在HIV阳性者旁边、与感染的配偶离婚、愿意接受HIV检测等方面持歧视态度，差异有统计学意义。结论：一般公众的耻辱主要是由于害怕感染疾病。受过教育的人确实在很大程度上存在耻辱，约45%的参与者愿意接受艾滋病毒检测。需要作出更大努力，向社会每一个人提供有关艾滋病毒/艾滋病的信息。
OBJECTIVE: To assess the awareness and attitude of the general public toward people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) in Mangalore, a city in Coastal Karnataka.DESIGN: Community-based cross-sectional study.MATERIALS AND METHODS: The study population included 630 individuals aged 18 years and above. The information was collected using a semi structured pre-tested questionnaire. The questionnaire consisted of 24 questions regarding awareness of the modes of transmission of HIV/AIDS (nine questions) and questions to assess the attitude toward People Living With HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) (15 questions). Statistical package SPSS version 11.5 was used, Chi-square test was conducted and P < 0.05 was considered as statistically significant.RESULTS: About one-third of the study population thought that one could get infected by merely touching an HIV positive individual. Approximately 45% stated that they would dismiss their maid on finding out her HIV positive status. About 54% were willing to undergo the HIV test. The respondents with less than secondary school education had a discriminatory attitude toward HIV positive people, with regard to them deserving to suffer, dismissing a HIV positive maid, hesitating to sit next to a HIV positive person in the bus, divorcing the infected spouse, and willingness to get tested for HIV, which was found to be statistically significant.CONCLUSION: Stigma among the general public was mostly due to fear of contracting the illness. Stigma does exist to significant degrees among the educated people, which was suggested by about 45% of the participants being willing to undergo the HIV test. There is a need for greater attempts toward making information regarding HIV/AIDS available to every individual of the society.