| Knowledge of and attitudes towards HIV/AIDS in Mashhad, Islamic Republic of Iran. | |
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PMID: 19161107 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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To assess knowledge and attitudes about HIV/AIDS in Mashhad, 960 people aged 13-58 years who were approached in the street and agreed to participate completed an anonymous questionnaire. The mean of knowledge and attitudes scores were 9.8 (SD 3.0) and 6.1 (SD 3.0) of a total 14 and 10 respectively. People with greater knowledge of HIV/AIDS had more positive attitudes to individuals with HIV/AIDS (P < 0.01). There were important misconceptions about HIV transmission such as through hugging, food, clothing, public places and insect bites. Regression analysis indicted that women had more tolerant attitudes than men (P < 0.01) and the more educated respondents had higher knowledge and attitudes scores (P < 0.0001 and P < 0.001 respectively). |
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Authors:
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M R Hedayati-Moghaddam |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Eastern Mediterranean health journal = La revue de santé de la Méditerranée orientale = al-Majallah al-ṣiḥḥīyah li-sharq al-mutawassiṭ Volume: 14 ISSN: 1020-3397 ISO Abbreviation: East. Mediterr. Health J. Publication Date: 2008 Nov-Dec |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2009-01-23 Completed Date: 2009-02-12 Revised Date: 2009-05-27 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 9608387 Medline TA: East Mediterr Health J Country: Egypt |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 1321-32 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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Research Centre for HIV/AIDS & Viral Hepatitis [corrected] Iranian Academic Center for Education, Culture & Research (ACECR), Mashhad Branch, Ferdowsi University Campus [corrected] Mashhad, Islamic Republic of Iran. drhedayati@yahoo.com |
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Adolescent Adult Attitude to Health* Female HIV Infections* / epidemiology, prevention & control, transmission Health Education Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice* Health Services Needs and Demand Humans Infection Control Iran / epidemiology Male Middle Aged Multivariate Analysis Prejudice Questionnaires Regression Analysis Risk Factors Sex Factors Statistics, Nonparametric Urban Population / statistics & numerical data |
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East Mediterr Health J. 2009 Jan-Feb;15(1):18 |
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