KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDES OF UNIVERSITY STUDENTS OF COSTA RICA ABOUT HIV/AIDS
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| Format: | artículo original |
| Estat: | Versión publicada |
| Data de publicació: | 2012 |
| Descripció: | An anonymous survey was conducted to students enrolled in the University of Costa Rica in order to identify the level of knowledge about HIV-aids. It was managed to collect a total 497 questionnaires, during the school year 2008. Respondents considered high-risk mechanisms of transmission of HIV through needle, contaminated needles and sexual intercourse with an infected person without the use of condoms. The results show that students obtained a note of 65,5 and we found no differences in the qualifications obtained by the interviewees, by sex or age. It recommends an education program on prevention of HIV-aids. |
| Pais: | Portal de Revistas UCR |
| Institution: | Universidad de Costa Rica |
| Repositorio: | Portal de Revistas UCR |
| Idioma: | Español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/3892 |
| Accés en línia: | https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/sociales/article/view/3892 |
| Paraula clau: | CAMPAÑAS DE PREVENCIÓN CONOCIMIENTOS Costa Rica JUVENTUD VIH |