HIV AIDS STD & STIs

HIV/AIDS Nursing and AIDS awareness

HIV can be spread through blood transfusions, while 97 percent of them knew it could be transmitted through unsterilized needles and syringes. Common misconceptions among defendants about HIV/AIDS were HIV transmission through hugging, sharing can seats, towels, utensils, shaking hands, and even mosquito bites. Out of a total of 95 nursing students who realized that AIDS could be avoided by changing their behavior, 60 percent of them felt it was vital to be reliable to their life partner.

 70 percent of them knew that blood transfusion-related infection can be reduced by blood testing. More than 60 percent of students said that television is the best way to inform the public, followed by posters, radio, etc.