HIV-related knowledge and attitudes among medical students in China

Bibliographic Data

ID19439883
AuthorsV C Li (a Departement of Community Health Sciences , UCLA School of Public Health, Center for Health Sciences , Los Angeles , CA , 90024-1772 , USA), B L Cole (a Departement of Community Health Sciences , UCLA School of Public Health, Center for Health Sciences , Los Angeles , CA , 90024-1772 , USA), S Z Zhang (b Department of Health Management , School of Public Health, Sun Yat-Sen University of Medical Sciences , Guangzhou , People's Republic of China), Chong Chen (0000-0001-7481-9172, Sun Yat-sen University), C Z Chen (b Department of Health Management , School of Public Health, Sun Yat-Sen University of Medical Sciences , Guangzhou , People's Republic of China)
Year1993
Volume5
Issue3
Pages305-312
Publication date1993-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAIDS Care (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0954-0121 • E-ISSN: 1360-0451
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/09540129308258613
PMID8218465
OpenAlexW2081599311
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited17

A modified version of the 'WHO/KABP Questionnaire for Students' was administered to 302 students at a medical university in China. The instrument included items to assess the students' demographic background, knowledge of AIDS/HIV, attitudes about AIDS, as well as towards people infected with HIV, those groups commonly labelled as 'high risk' and toward sources of information. The average score on the knowledge scale was 80% correct. There was a substantial disparity in knowledge between how HIV is transmitted and how HIV is not transmitted--90% of the former items were answered correctly, while only 72% of the latter were answered correctly. Over 40% of the sample blamed prostitutes for AIDS in China, whereas 22% blamed drug addicts and 6% blamed homosexuals. Two-thirds of the sample indicated that they thought people with AIDS got what they deserve. About one-third of the sample supported quarantine measures as well as keeping infected students out of classrooms. Nearly half of the sample indicated that they did not trust any of the official sources of health information we asked about and 27% said that they thought the government was concealing information about AIDS

China · Family medicine · Geography · Sociology · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · Demography · HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions · Medicine · Psychology

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