Differences in Knowledge, Attitude, and Behavior towards HIV/AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Infections between Sexually Active Foreign and Chinese Medical Students

Autor: Qian He, Meng Rao, Xiu Lan Ma, Juan Pablo Escalera Antezana, Martin Kuete, Abid Rashid, Qiao Huang, Chengliang Xiong, Hongfang Yuan, Huiping Zhang, Rakhmanov Yeltay
Rok vydání: 2016
Předmět:
Adult
Male
China
Health Knowledge
Attitudes
Practice
medicine.medical_specialty
Students
Medical
Tuberculosis
Medical psychology
Article Subject
Cross-sectional study
Sexual Behavior
Population
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
lcsh:Medicine
HIV Infections
Social issues
General Biochemistry
Genetics and Molecular Biology
Young Adult
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)
Surveys and Questionnaires
medicine
Humans
030212 general & internal medicine
Foreign Medical Graduates
Young adult
education
education.field_of_study
030505 public health
General Immunology and Microbiology
business.industry
lcsh:R
virus diseases
General Medicine
medicine.disease
Cross-Sectional Studies
Family medicine
Immunology
Female
Syphilis
0305 other medical science
business
Research Article
Zdroj: BioMed Research International, Vol 2016 (2016)
BioMed Research International
ISSN: 2314-6141
2314-6133
DOI: 10.1155/2016/4524862
Popis: Although the prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) decreased in the last decade worldwide, the number of deaths due to HIV/AIDS and communicable diseases including syphilis, hepatitis, and tuberculosis had dramatically increased in developing countries. Education and behavior are incredibly important factors to prevent these diseases’ spread. This study highlights the range of differences in knowledge, attitude, and behavior of 434 sexually active medical students towards HIV/AIDS and sexually transmitted infections (STIs). Because the surveyed population constitutes the forefront of healthcare providers and was originated from different area of the world, this is the first time a study sought to investigate the behavioral attitude of this group of population irrespective of the three levels of their academic and professional knowledge. Several factors including sociodemographic characteristics, sexual behavior, HIV/AIDS, and STIs related patterns play a key role in medical student attitude and behavior towards people infected with HIV/AIDS and STIs. Our findings add consistent value in prior studies which aimed to stop new infections and also imply further investigations on the management of the studied infections by medical students. The present study arouses much interest among participants and provides evidence of reinforcing medical students’ education on HIV/AIDS and STIs.
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