Tibdewel S S, Wadhva S K
Dept. of Pharmacology, Govt. Medical College, Nagpur.
Indian J Med Sci. 2001 Feb;55(2):69-72.
The present cross sectional study was carried out to assess the basic knowledge and attitude of class III and Class IV hospital employees (n = 250) regarding HIV/AIDS. Of the 250 study subjects 232(92.8) had heard or read about AIDS. Chief sources of information were television, newspapers and doctors. Though the study subjects had some factual knowledge about HIV/AIDS, certain misconceptions and myths persisted. They were also found to have a biased and negative attitude towards people with AIDS. 223(96.1%) study subjects said that they would like to learn more about HIV/AIDS. The results of this study indicate that action is needed to increase the level of knowledge of this group so that they reject biased information and myths relating to AIDS and thus carry out their duties effectively and help in forming an enlightened opinion against AIDS.
本横断面研究旨在评估三级和四级医院员工（n = 250）对艾滋病毒/艾滋病的基本知识和态度。在250名研究对象中，232人（92.8%）听说过或读过有关艾滋病的信息。主要信息来源是电视、报纸和医生。尽管研究对象对艾滋病毒/艾滋病有一些事实性的了解，但仍存在某些误解和错误观念。他们对艾滋病患者也存在偏见和消极态度。223名（96.1%）研究对象表示愿意更多地了解艾滋病毒/艾滋病。本研究结果表明，需要采取行动提高该群体的知识水平，以便他们摒弃与艾滋病相关的偏见信息和错误观念，从而有效地履行职责，并有助于形成对艾滋病的开明看法。
