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Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medicine

ISSN: 2576-1420

Open Access

HIV Knowledge and Awareness Status of the Medical Students in Romania: An Awareness Study

Abstract

Florida Parcaoglu and Habip Gedik

Objective: We aimed to evaluate the status of knowledge and attitudes of medical students about HIV/ AIDS. Material and methods: In this descriptive, cross-sectional survey study, the status of knowledge and attitudes of medical students of Grigore T. Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy about HIV/AIDS in June 2017 were evaluated. Results: A total of 85 medical students answered all of our 19 survey questions. The mean age was 21.80 ± 1.37 years (Range: 19-24 years). In the second question, six out of the 15 choices were correct and the mean of correct answers was 4.41 ± 1.49. There was a significant relationship between the grade of the students and the level of knowledge in the responses to the seventh question (p: 0.024). Conclusion: It is obvious that there are needed more health- informative organizations targeting the young population especially at schools and universities about sexually transmitted diseases, especially HIV/AIDS – transmission routes, misconceptions about HIV, prevention measures and life expectancy after HIV acquirement. Those programs may raise the HIV awareness and be useful to change the behaviour against HIV patients eliminating stigma.

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