Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
HIV and AIDS Review, cilt.5, sa.2, ss.11-16, 2006 (Scopus)
Background: HIV/AIDS is one of the most important and controversial public health problems of Turkish society and the number of individuals living with HIV/AIDS has continued to increase in Turkey since the early 1980s. Concern over health care and psycho-social support providers' attitudes toward people with AIDS has a history almost as long as the recognition of the disease. The main purpose of this study is to examine the attitudes of the university students as future psycho-social support providers towards the subjects living with HIV/AIDS. Material/Methods: A survey method was used to collect demographic data and responses to attitude questionnaire. The data was collected from the university students who attend counseling, family economics, health education and primary school teaching departments. The data were analyzed by SPSS version 11.5 program. According to type of the variable, the analyses of %, standard deviation, mean, t, F, and r were employed. Results: One tenth of the students think that they may be infected with HIV/AIDS. Only 9.5% of them have been tested for HIV/AIDS. Very few of the students have a friend with HIV/AIDS (2.5%). One fourth of the students talk about HIV/AIDS with others, but half of the students (49.5%) think of having a friend with HIV/AIDS. Female students, students of the health education, students who come from urban areas, students who talk about HIV/AIDS with others, and the students who think of having a friend living with HIV/AIDS have more positive attitudes toward the subjects living with HIV/AIDS. Conclusions: Sex differences, liberal attitudes toward talking about HIV/AIDS, having a friend living with HIV/AIDS determine the effect on the attitudes of the students toward the subjects living with HIV/AIDS.