Sachdev P
School of Social Work, Indiana University, Indianapolis 46202, USA.
Soc Work Health Care. 1998;26(4):37-57. doi: 10.1300/J010v26n04_03.
Eight hundred eighty-seven students in social work, nursing, and humanities from two major universities in Delhi were compared regarding their knowledge about AIDS/HIV and attitudes toward PWAs and homosexuals. Their scores on the 20-item knowledge test indicate fair degree of knowledge; however, they lacked information in crucial areas of AIDS prevention and human sexual anatomy. Unmarried, female and older students and those in social work and nursing disciplines scored significantly higher on correct answers. Social work students were likely to be more positive in their attitudes toward AIDS victims than those in nursing or humanities. Knowledge was positively related to attitudes and perception of risk. Despite their awareness of personal risks only four in ten used condoms sometimes during intercourse. Educational strategies to increase cognitive and affective understanding of AIDS and its victims are discussed.
对德里两所主要大学的887名社会工作、护理和人文学科专业的学生进行了比较，了解他们对艾滋病/艾滋病毒的知识以及对艾滋病患者和同性恋者的态度。他们在20项知识测试中的得分表明其知识水平处于中等程度；然而，他们在艾滋病预防和人类性解剖学等关键领域缺乏信息。未婚、女性、年龄较大的学生以及社会工作和护理专业的学生在正确答案上的得分显著更高。与护理或人文学科的学生相比，社会工作专业的学生对艾滋病受害者的态度可能更积极。知识与态度和风险认知呈正相关。尽管他们意识到个人风险，但十分之四的人在性交时有时会使用避孕套。文中讨论了提高对艾滋病及其受害者的认知和情感理解的教育策略。
