The level of knowledge and attitude related to HIV/AIDS among health science students
HIV/AIDS is a worrying health issues among Malaysian young adult. This is probably due to the level of knowledge and attitude related to the disease. This cross-sectional study was conducted to determine the level of knowledge and attitude related to HIV/AIDS among health science students in a Mal...
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| Language: | English |
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Pusat Pembangunan Mahasiswa dan Perhubungan Alumni, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
2017
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| Online Access: | http://journalarticle.ukm.my/12352/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/12352/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/12352/1/Artikel-14_ROSLEE-RAJIKAN_THE-LEVEL-OF-KNOMLEDGE_FINAL.pdf |
| Summary: | HIV/AIDS is a worrying health issues among Malaysian young adult. This is probably due to the level of
knowledge and attitude related to the disease. This cross-sectional study was conducted to determine the level
of knowledge and attitude related to HIV/AIDS among health science students in a Malaysian public university.
A total of 216 students were involved in this research (male and female). Respondents were recruited using
stratified random sampling. Both level of knowledge and attitude related to HIV/AIDS was assessed by using HIV
Knowledge Questionnaires (HIV-KQ). The questionnaires consisted of three parts. The first part was about sociodemographic,
second part knowledge related to HIV/AIDS and the last part was about the attitude related to HIV/
AIDS. Most of the respondents were Malays (67%), followed by Chinese (26%), Indians (5%) and others (2%).
The results found that the level of knowledge about HIV/AIDS among 1st year and 2nd year health science students
were low. The average of HIV/AIDS knowledge scores of all respondents were 9.41±2.876. Their main source
of information for HIV/AIDS came from internet, newspaper and television. Majority of the respondents showed
more openness and positive attitudes towards HIV/AIDS. In conclusion, although the level of knowledge about
HIV/AIDS among health science students in a malaysian public university is low, they showed positive attitudes
towards HIV/AIDS. Thus more internet based and youth-friendly education program are required. |
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