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| Year : 2013 | Volume
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| Issue : 2 | Page : 119-123 |
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Knowledge about HIV/AIDS among secondary school students
Pratibha Gupta1, Fatima Anjum1, Pankaj Bhardwaj2, JP Srivastav1, Zeashan Haider Zaidi1
1 Department of Community Medicine, Era's Lucknow Medical College, Lucknow, India
2 Department of Community Medicine, AIIMS, Jodhpur, India
Correspondence Address:
Pratibha Gupta
5/351, Viram khand - 5, Gomtinagar, Lucknow - 226 010, UP
India
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DOI: 10.4103/1947-2714.107531
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Background: HIV/AIDS has emerged as the single most formidable challenge to public health. School children of today are exposed to the risk of HIV/AIDS. Aims: The study was conducted to determine the knowledge among secondary school students regarding HIV/AIDS and provide suggestions for HIV/AIDS education in schools. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among students of tenth to twelfth standard in the intermediate schools of Lucknow, India, from July to October 2011. A total of 215 students, both boys and girls, were enrolled in the study. Results: In this study, for majority of the students (85%), the source of information about HIV/AIDS was the television. Regarding knowledge about modes of transmission of HIV/AIDS among girl students, 95.1% of them told that it is through unprotected sex. A total of 75.8% students said that it was transmitted from mother to child. Conclusion: It was observed that the knowledge of the school students was quite satisfactory for most of the variables like modes of transmission, including mother-to-child transmission of the disease. However, schools should come forward to design awareness campaigns for the benefit of the students. |
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