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HIV and AIDS, among knowledge, responsibility and ignorance; a study on medical students at the end of their first universitary year
Despite the global effort to control the spread of HIV and AIDS, the number of HIV-infected people continues to increase worldwide. The failure of present prevention strategies, which rely principally on the modification of behavioral practices that put individuals at risk of getting the infection,...
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Carol Davila University Press
2009
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5052504/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20112476 |
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author | Ioan Popa, Mircea Loredana Popa, Gabriela Mihai, Anda Ocneanu, Mădălina Diaconu, A |
author_facet | Ioan Popa, Mircea Loredana Popa, Gabriela Mihai, Anda Ocneanu, Mădălina Diaconu, A |
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description | Despite the global effort to control the spread of HIV and AIDS, the number of HIV-infected people continues to increase worldwide. The failure of present prevention strategies, which rely principally on the modification of behavioral practices that put individuals at risk of getting the infection, and the lack of effective anti-HIV drugs have given an impetus to the search for a better way in the prevention and control of the epidemic. It was observed and scientifically documented that efforts related to prevention have to be adapted, constantly monitored and readapted in relation to results from periodical surveys. They also have to be well sustained over a sufficiently long period of time (years). Under these assumptions, in order to evaluate the knowledge and perception/attitudes of the students in the University of Medicine, we developed a questionnaire that we presented for completion, for example, to medical students at the end of their first year of study. The gathered data conducted us to the assumption that information regarding HIV transmission is not yet internalized in order to determine specific practices, and attitudes are more related to perceptions and beliefs than to facts. An active, responsible, adult day to day responsibility could increase the protection against HIV transmission. A limitation of our study was represented by the reduced number of participants (96) and the lack of correlation between attitudes and knowledge, between students in different years of study and over time. It is our intention to continue this research and provide more complete data in the nearest future. |
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spelling | pubmed-50525042016-10-21 HIV and AIDS, among knowledge, responsibility and ignorance; a study on medical students at the end of their first universitary year Ioan Popa, Mircea Loredana Popa, Gabriela Mihai, Anda Ocneanu, Mădălina Diaconu, A J Med Life General Articles Despite the global effort to control the spread of HIV and AIDS, the number of HIV-infected people continues to increase worldwide. The failure of present prevention strategies, which rely principally on the modification of behavioral practices that put individuals at risk of getting the infection, and the lack of effective anti-HIV drugs have given an impetus to the search for a better way in the prevention and control of the epidemic. It was observed and scientifically documented that efforts related to prevention have to be adapted, constantly monitored and readapted in relation to results from periodical surveys. They also have to be well sustained over a sufficiently long period of time (years). Under these assumptions, in order to evaluate the knowledge and perception/attitudes of the students in the University of Medicine, we developed a questionnaire that we presented for completion, for example, to medical students at the end of their first year of study. The gathered data conducted us to the assumption that information regarding HIV transmission is not yet internalized in order to determine specific practices, and attitudes are more related to perceptions and beliefs than to facts. An active, responsible, adult day to day responsibility could increase the protection against HIV transmission. A limitation of our study was represented by the reduced number of participants (96) and the lack of correlation between attitudes and knowledge, between students in different years of study and over time. It is our intention to continue this research and provide more complete data in the nearest future. Carol Davila University Press 2009 /pmc/articles/PMC5052504/ /pubmed/20112476 Text en ©Carol Davila University Press http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | General Articles Ioan Popa, Mircea Loredana Popa, Gabriela Mihai, Anda Ocneanu, Mădălina Diaconu, A HIV and AIDS, among knowledge, responsibility and ignorance; a study on medical students at the end of their first universitary year |
title | HIV and AIDS, among knowledge, responsibility and ignorance;
a study on medical students at the end of
their first universitary year
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title_full | HIV and AIDS, among knowledge, responsibility and ignorance;
a study on medical students at the end of
their first universitary year
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title_fullStr | HIV and AIDS, among knowledge, responsibility and ignorance;
a study on medical students at the end of
their first universitary year
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title_full_unstemmed | HIV and AIDS, among knowledge, responsibility and ignorance;
a study on medical students at the end of
their first universitary year
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title_short | HIV and AIDS, among knowledge, responsibility and ignorance;
a study on medical students at the end of
their first universitary year
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title_sort | hiv and aids, among knowledge, responsibility and ignorance;
a study on medical students at the end of
their first universitary year |
topic | General Articles |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5052504/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20112476 |
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