Mansoor Abdul Basir, Fungladda Wijitr, Kaewkungwal Jaranit, Wongwit Waranya
Department of Social and Environmental Medicine, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.
Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health. 2008 May;39(3):404-18.
This cross-sectional study aimed to describe the level of knowledge, perception/ attitude, and practices related to HIV among 1,054 freshmen students in four Afghan universities differences between genders. A probability, two stage sampling method was used. Data were collected by a self administered structured questionnaire. SPSS software was used for data analysis. Descriptive and inferential statistics were performed. Most of respondents were male (72.1%), their average age was 20.1 +/- 2 years, and most were unmarried (93.4%). The majority (90.8%) were aware of HIV but only 28.3% had a good level of knowledge. Around one-third (35.6%) had a positive level of attitude toward HIV. Approximately 30% had at least one risk practice; therefore, they were counted as high-risk behavior group members. Females were statistically more knowledgeable than males, and high-risk behaviors were significantly more prevalent among males; p = 0.01 and p = 0.001, respectively. However, general awareness, and attitude were not statistically different between genders. A considerable proportion of students (14.6%), as compared to peer-countries, were sexually active. A very high level of sharing injecting needles (4.5%) and shaving sets (20.8%) were also reported among informants.
这项横断面研究旨在描述阿富汗四所大学1054名新生中与艾滋病毒相关的知识水平、认知/态度及行为，并比较性别差异。采用概率两阶段抽样方法。通过自填式结构化问卷收集数据。使用SPSS软件进行数据分析，采用描述性和推断性统计。大多数受访者为男性（72.1%），平均年龄为20.1±2岁，且大多未婚（93.4%）。大多数人（90.8%）知晓艾滋病毒，但只有28.3%的人知识水平良好。约三分之一（35.6%）对艾滋病毒持积极态度。约30%的人至少有一项危险行为；因此，他们被视为高危行为组成员。女性在统计学上比男性知识更丰富，高危行为在男性中更为普遍，p值分别为0.01和0.001。然而，总体认知和态度在性别上无统计学差异。与同侪国家相比，相当一部分学生（14.6%）有性行为。受访者中还报告了很高比例的共用注射针头情况（4.5%）和共用剃须刀情况（20.8%）。
