CONCEPTION OF AIDS AND ITS PREVENTION AMONG STUDENTS IN A NIGERIAN UNIVERSITY
CONCEPTION OF AIDS AND ITS PREVENTION AMONG STUDENTS IN A NIGERIAN UNIVERSITY
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10.1177/146642409211200202
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1992-04-01
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ODEBIYI, AI
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这项研究调查了学生对艾滋病的认识、传播和预防知识，他们不仅属于性活跃年龄段，而且是国家未来的领导人。 调查将学生分为健康及非健康组别，并以意外抽样方法从两个组别中抽取受访者。 每个阶层共采访了60名学生。 大部分医学生（58.3%）和非医学生（48.3%）认为艾滋病是一种可怕的性传播疾病。 在非医学专业的学生中，其次是那些认为艾滋病是上帝对男人性行为过度的惩罚的人（20.0%），而只有3.3%的医学专业学生做出了这样的回答。 这项研究中重要的一点是，没有一个学生将艾滋病归因于神秘力量，这一问题可能与他们的教育接触有关。 一些学生将这种疾病与富裕联系起来，这一问题已经被其他研究人员记录在案。 另一点值得注意的是，虽然有89%的医学生和61.2%的非医学生相信使用避孕套可以预防艾滋病，但他们当中大部分人对使用避孕套的态度并不积极。 因此，这项研究揭示了一个需要关注的领域，即除了强调意识水平外，还应该关注如何在知识渊博的人群中实现行为改变。
This study examines AIDS awareness, knowledge of transmission and prevention among students, who not only belong to the sexually active age bracket, but who are the future leaders of the nation. The student population was stratified into those in the health and non-health disciplines and an accidental sampling technique was used to obtain the respondents from the 2 strata. 60 students were interviewed from each stratum. A majority of the medical students, 58.3% as against 48.3% of the non-medical students, perceived AIDS as a dreadful disease that is sexually transmitted. Next among the non-medical students were those who felt that AIDS was God's punishment for man's sexual excesses (20.0%), while only 3.3% of the medical students gave that response. Of importance in the study is that none of the students attributed AIDS to mystical forces, an issue which could be linked to their educational exposure. Some students associated the disease with affluence, an issue that had been documented by other researchers. Another point worthy of note in the study is the fact that even though 89% and 61.2% of the medical and non-medical students, respectively, believed that AIDS can be prevented by the use of condoms, most of them were not favourably disposed towards the use of condoms. This study thus reveals an area that needs attention, ie that apart from emphasising the level of awareness, there should be a focus on how to effect behavioural change among a knowledgeable population.