Attitudes, Beliefs, and Practices of Nursing Students Concerning Hiv/Aids

Implications for Prevention in Women

Bibliographic Data

ID15216611
AuthorsJ Christopher Zimmer (0000-0002-2482-6718, Mount Royal University, corresponding author), Wilfreda E Th James C Zimmer
Year1998
Volume19
Issue4
Pages327-342
Publication date1998-06-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueHealth Care For Women International (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0739-9332 • E-ISSN: 1096-4665
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/073993398246304
PMID9873292
OpenAlexW2160807031
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited5

Nursing students are a group of predominantly young women who may be sexually active but who are well educated and presumably health conscious. It might be expected, therefore, that they are not a population at risk for sexually acquired HIV infection. Recent studies indicate that heterosexual women constitute the fastest growing population of persons with AIDS in the United States and Canada (Health and Welfare Canada, 1993b; Wofsky, 1992) and that women and adolescents will constitute the next surge of the AIDS epidemic (Novello, 1993). First-year nursing students in a major Canadian city were surveyed regarding HIV-related knowledge, attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors. The women were highly knowledgeable about HIV transmission but 15% to 25% reported high risk sexual behavior. The results reinforce that knowledge is not enough to prevent HIV infection among young women and that interventions must be based on an understanding of the social context of women's lives

Context (archaeology · Environmental health · Family medicine · Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV · Population · Psychological intervention · Reproductive health · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology · Sex work and related issues · Gerontology

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