Knowledge, attitudes and practice in regard to AIDS: the case of social science students at the University of Bophuthatswana.
Knowledge, attitudes and practice in regard to AIDS: the case of social science students at the University of Bophuthatswana.
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有关艾滋病的知识、态度和实践：博普塔茨瓦纳大学社会科学系学生的案例。
作者：
H. Kaya;M. Kau
艾滋病教育运动的必要性在于通过改变与高危行为有关的态度和做法来减少艾滋病毒感染的蔓延。然而，在执行这些方案之前，应进行需求评估。这包括特定风险群体的现有知识、态度和性行为。在这项研究中，风险群体是博普塔大学的社会科学专业学生。大多数答复者对艾滋病的主要症状、常见的传播方式和无法治愈的情况有一般的了解。然而，他们表示需要更多关于艾滋病的信息。她们对已经感染艾滋病的人和她们的性伴侣数量持否定态度，这表明她们缺乏足够的知识。此外，尽管认识到在性交时必须使用避孕套，但大多数妇女并没有使用。研究还表明，父母、教师和讲师在传播艾滋病信息方面发挥的作用微乎其微。研究结果呼吁政府推行更多爱滋病教育计划，以消除市民对爱滋病病毒/爱滋病传播的错误观念;并呼吁家长、学校及大学积极参与有关爱滋病的宣传工作。
The necessity of AIDS educational campaigns is to reduce the spread of HIV infection by changing attitudes and practices related to high-risk behaviours. However, before such programmes are implemented a needs assessment should be conducted. This includes the existing knowledge and attitudes and sexual practices of the specific risk-group. In this study the risk-group were social science students at the University of Bophuthatswana. The majority of the respondents showed a general knowledge about AIDS in terms of its main symptoms, common modes of transmission and the non-availability of a cure. They, however, expressed the need for more information about AIDS. Lack of enough knowledge was shown by their negative attitudes towards those who had already contracted the disease and the number of sexual partners they had. Furthermore, despite the realization of the necessity to use condoms during sexual intercourse, the majority of them did not use them. The study also revealed the minimal role parents, teachers and lecturers play in the dissemination of information about AIDS. The findings call for more AIDS educational programmes to clear away misconceptions about the transmission of the HIV/AIDS virus; and the need to involve parents, schools and universities actively in the dissemination of information about AIDS.