Knowledge and Attitude among Dental students of Udaipur, India towards HIV/AIDS

JOURNAL TITLE: Journal of Oral Health and Community Dentistry

Author
1. Santhosh Kumar
2. Manish Jain
3. Anmol Mathur
4. Rushabh J Dagli
5. D Prabu
6. Suhas Kulkarni
ISSN
2230-7389
DOI
10.5005/johcd-2-2-30
Volume
2
Issue
2
Publishing Year
2008
Pages
6
Author Affiliations
    1. John Snow India Pvt Ltd, New Delhi, India
    2. UBC, Vancouver, Canada; Medanta—The Medicity, Gurugram, Haryana, India
    3. SAACHI Children Hospital, Surat, Gujarat, India
    4. Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
    5. Medanta—The Medicity, Gurugram, Haryana, India; UBC, Vancouver, Canada
    1. Department of Public Health Dentistry, Panineeya Institute of Dental Sciences, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India
    1. Department of Public Health Dentistry, Vyas Dental College and Hospital, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India
    1. Department of Preventive and Community Dentistry, Darshan Dental College and Hospital, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India. 313001.
    1. Department of Preventive & Community Dentistry, Darshan Dental College and Hospital
    1. Department of Preventive & Community Dentistry, Darshan Dental College and Hospital
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    Abstract

    Aims & Objective

    The aim of the present study was to assess current status of knowledge and attitude among the dental students of Udaipur, India towards HIV/AIDS.

    Material and Methods

    A cross-sectional questionnaire survey was conducted among 282 dental students of Darshan Dental College. The interview questionnaire comprised of 27close ended questions. One way ANOVA was applied by using SPSS (11.0) to compare mean level of knowledge and attitude towards HIV/AIDS.

    Results

    Shows dental students have satisfactory knowledge, but certain misconception was prevalent. It also shows that around 30.20% of the dental students held an over all negative attitude. Mean level of knowledge and attitude towards HIV/AIDS had a statistically significant difference in results among sex and academic periods.

    Conclusion

    Over all knowledge and attitude among dental students was found to be satisfactory. Most of the Dental Students, near about 69.80% have a positive attitude regarding HIV/AIDS education.

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