0129/2016 - Existe relação entre o conhecimento de estudantes a respeito das formas de contágio do HIV/AIDS e suas respostas sobre a proximidade com soropositivos? Is there a relationship between student’s knowledge of HIV/AIDS transmission and their closeness with people living with HIV?
• Vanessa Prado Santos - Santos, Vanessa Prado - Universidade Federal da Bahia, Instituto de Humanidades Artes e Ciências - <vansanbr@hotmail.com>
Coautor(es):
• Maria Thereza Avila Dantas Coelho - Coelho, MTADC - Salvador, Bahia - Universidade Federal da Bahia, Instituto de Humanidades Artes e Ciências - <therezacoelho@gmail.com>
• Estéfani Lima Macário - Macário, Estéfani Lima - Universidade Federal da Bahia, Instituto de Humanidades Artes e Ciências - <estefani_macario@hotmail.com>
• Tâmara Cerqueira da Silva Oliveira - Oliveira, Tâmara Cerqueira da Silva - Universidade Federal da Bahia, Instituto de Humanidades Artes e Ciências - <tâmara.cerqueira@hotmail.com>
Área Temática:
Educação em Saúde
Resumo:
Mudanças no perfil epidemiológico da AIDS vêm sendo observadas no Brasil. Objetivos: Identificar o conhecimento de estudantes universitários sobre as formas de contágio do HIV/AIDS e correlacioná-lo com as respostas acerca da proximidade em relação às pessoas soropositivas. Métodos: Aplicamos um questionário do Ministério da Saúde a 591 estudantes de uma graduação em saúde. Analisamos as 10 questões sobre formas de contágio do vírus, avaliando o número de acertos e testando a associação entre o número de acertos e perguntas relacionadas à proximidade com soropositivos. Resultados: A maioria dos estudantes (96%) acertou entre 7 a 10 perguntas sobre contágio (grupo A) e 4% acertou entre 3 e 6 (grupo B). Correlacionado estes dois subgrupos e as respostas de não aceitação da proximidade com soropositivos, encontramos associação significante entre o grupo B e a concordância de que o patrão deveria mandar embora do emprego uma pessoa com o vírus da AIDS e a afirmação de que haveria incômodo se uma criança soropositiva estudasse na mesma escola do seu filho. Conclusões: As opiniões de negação à proximidade com soropositivos foram pouco prevalentes, mas se correlacionaram com um menor conhecimento dos estudantes acerca das formas de contágio do HIV.
Palavras-chave:
HIVAIDSestudantesuniversidade
Abstract:
Remarkable changes have been observed on AIDS epidemiological profile in Brazil. Objectives: To identify the college students’ knowledge about HIV transmission modes and correlate it with their answers concerning the proximity to HIV-positive people. Methods: A questionnairethe Brazilian Ministry of Health was applied to 591 health graduate students and their answers to ten of its questions about the virus transmission modes were analysed. The purpose was to evaluate the number of correct answers and to investigate the association between the amount of correct answers and the answers provided by the students to the questions related to the proximity to HIV-positive people. Results: The students’ majority (96%) answered correctly 7 to 10 questions related to HIV transmission modes (Group A) and 4% gave the correct answer3 to 6 questions (Group B). Correlating these two subgroups and the answers about the HIV-positive proximity non acceptance it was obtained significant association among Group B and the opinion that the HIV-positive employee should be fired by its employer, and also that they would feel uncomfortable if an HIV-positive child would study at the same school as their own children. Conclusions: The negative opinions concerning the proximity to HIV-positive people were few, but they were correlated to the lower knowledge about HIV transmission modes.
Is there a relationship between student’s knowledge of HIV/AIDS transmission and their closeness with people living with HIV?
Resumo (abstract):
Remarkable changes have been observed on AIDS epidemiological profile in Brazil. Objectives: To identify the college students’ knowledge about HIV transmission modes and correlate it with their answers concerning the proximity to HIV-positive people. Methods: A questionnairethe Brazilian Ministry of Health was applied to 591 health graduate students and their answers to ten of its questions about the virus transmission modes were analysed. The purpose was to evaluate the number of correct answers and to investigate the association between the amount of correct answers and the answers provided by the students to the questions related to the proximity to HIV-positive people. Results: The students’ majority (96%) answered correctly 7 to 10 questions related to HIV transmission modes (Group A) and 4% gave the correct answer3 to 6 questions (Group B). Correlating these two subgroups and the answers about the HIV-positive proximity non acceptance it was obtained significant association among Group B and the opinion that the HIV-positive employee should be fired by its employer, and also that they would feel uncomfortable if an HIV-positive child would study at the same school as their own children. Conclusions: The negative opinions concerning the proximity to HIV-positive people were few, but they were correlated to the lower knowledge about HIV transmission modes.
Santos, Vanessa Prado, Coelho, MTADC, Macário, Estéfani Lima, Oliveira, Tâmara Cerqueira da Silva. Existe relação entre o conhecimento de estudantes a respeito das formas de contágio do HIV/AIDS e suas respostas sobre a proximidade com soropositivos?. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2016/mar). [Citado em 22/01/2025].
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