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AWARENESS OF AIDS AMONG MOSUL UNIVERSITY STUDENTS | ||
| AL-TAQANI | ||
| Article 1, Volume 22, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 94-102 | ||
| Author | ||
| Refai Yassein Al-Hussein | ||
| Abstract | ||
| A cross-sectional study carried out to assess the current status of knowledge and awareness about AIDS among the college students. This study was carried out during the period from "First of December / 2005 – the end of April / 2006". Student were selected randomly (183 were males and 158 were females) from the last year in different colleges at Mosul university. Interview method was depended on a special questionnaire. The study identified that 18.2% of knowledge items regarding the disease was weak, Modes of transmission were not right and forms 63.64%, 33.33% of beliefs or conceptions were false, also positive attitudes toward AIDS patient was identified as 55.56%. The study concluded that no differences of awareness were identified in respect to sex. The study recommends to involve HIV/AIDS as a topic in the curriculum of the learning process, also carrying out corresponding laws and instructions regarding AIDS | ||
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