Inungu Joseph, Mumford Vincent, Younis Mustafa, Langford Sara
Saginaw Valley State University, USA.
J Health Hum Serv Adm. 2009 Winter;32(3):259-77.
Students enrolled at a Midwestern university in the United States were surveyed between February and April 2008 about their HIV knowledge, sources of information, attitude toward people living with HIV/AIDS, and their sexual behaviors.
An anonymous questionnaire was sent to 1,000 students via Survey Monkey.
Of the 650 respondents (65%) who provided complete information, 91.2% were white, 70.6% were female, 76.3% were seniors at the university and 94.7% were heterosexuals. Their average age was 22.5 years (SD +/- 4) with a range of 18 to 30 years. Although the majority of students (77.3%) reported to be very familiar with HIV/AIDS including its mode of transmission, important misconceptions still exist regarding HIV/AIDS. Several students either thought that mosquitoes transmit HIV/AIDS (14.2%) or did not know one way or the other (19.9%). About 43.1% were unsure about the existence of drugs that can prevent maternal to child transmission of HIV and 12% actually believed that these drugs do not exist. Moreover, despite the high prevalence of risky sexual behaviors among students, the majority of participants (86.8%) did not perceive themselves to be at risk for contracting HIV. As a result only 29.4% had ever been tested for HIV.
Coexistence among college students of both misconceptions about the mode of HIV/AIDS transmission and denial about their vulnerability to contract this disease underscores the need for a proactive approach to address these challenges facing our youths.
2008年2月至4月期间，对美国中西部一所大学的学生进行了关于他们的艾滋病毒知识、信息来源、对艾滋病毒/艾滋病感染者的态度及其性行为的调查。
通过Survey Monkey向1000名学生发送了一份匿名问卷。
在提供完整信息的650名受访者（65%）中，91.2%为白人，70.6%为女性，76.3%为该大学的大四学生，94.7%为异性恋者。他们的平均年龄为22.5岁（标准差±4），年龄范围为18至30岁。尽管大多数学生（77.3%）报告称对艾滋病毒/艾滋病非常熟悉，包括其传播方式，但对艾滋病毒/艾滋病仍存在一些重要的误解。一些学生要么认为蚊子会传播艾滋病毒/艾滋病（14.2%），要么不确定（19.9%）。约43.1%的人不确定是否存在可预防母婴传播艾滋病毒的药物，12%的人实际上认为不存在这些药物。此外，尽管学生中高风险性行为的发生率很高，但大多数参与者（86.8%）并不认为自己有感染艾滋病毒的风险。因此，只有29.4%的人曾接受过艾滋病毒检测。
大学生中对艾滋病毒/艾滋病传播方式存在误解以及否认自己感染该疾病的易感性这两种情况并存，凸显了需要采取积极主动的方法来应对我们年轻人面临的这些挑战。
