http://doi.org/10.33698/NRF0041 – Suresh K. Sharma, Kuldeep Kaur, Manpreet Kaur
Abstract: a cross –sectional study was conducted to assess the awareness of HIV/AIDS Among 100 nursing students at college of nursing ,DMCH,Ludhiana ,Punjab .it was found that child route whereas about more than 50%of the girls were unaware of transmission through
Homosexuality ,breast feeding and intravenous drug abuse.another step ahead ,about 95%of the girls were aware that HIV/AIDS transmission can be prevented through use of condom, safe disposable syringes and safe blood transfusion ,whereas 16% and 20 % girls respectively had misconception that HIV/AIDS can be prevented through use of a vaccine and is a curable disease. chi-squire test was used to see the relationship between habitat, type of family ,type of schooling ,type of nursing program they are undergoing and HIV/AIDS awareness score of the students .it was found that urban ,joint family and private school studied students had higher HIV/AIDS awareness score in comparison to rural,nuclear family and government school studied students ,but it was not found that urban ,joint family and private school studied student had higher HIV/AIDS awareness score in comparison to rural,nuclear family and government school studied students ,but it was not found statistically significant (p>0.05) .in other hand B.SC nursing program enrolled students had higer HIV/AIDS awareness score than GNM Program students and it was statistically significant (p<0.05) .it is recommended that health education ,for the students especially sex education in the higher secondary level along with reorientation training program for the teachers should be encouraged .
Key words: introduction
Awareness, HIV/AIDS ,newly admitted, the human immunodeficiency nursing students virus (HIV) that causes acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) has brought a pandemic that poses a unique challenge to public health nurses1. HIV/AIDS is deeply symbolic of the collective malaise that our society faces in the era of globalization and liberalization . the first serological evidences of HIV infection in india was discovered amongst Female sex workers In tamil nadu in 1986 .since then ,there is Remarkable increase in The HIV/AIDS this cross sectional study was conducted infection . as per 2004 estimates by national aids in college of nursing ,dayanand medical control organization of india (NACO) ,5.1 college and hospital ,Ludhiana, Punjab during million people were infected with HIV. india the month of October 2005.dayanand medical has the second highest number of people college and a college of nursing .this college living with HIV/AIDS in world after south of nursing is running two types of nursing Africa. india accounts for almost 10 per cent programe with intake of fifty students in Of the 40 million people living with HIV/AIDS each i.e.three years general nursing & Globally2 . Several experimental trials have been midwifery and four years B.SC. nursing Conducted on cure of the HIC/AIDS ,but cure program .there were total 100 fresh admitted Is still doubtful as well as it is very expensive . nursing students in GNM and B.SC .Nursing Thus the proverb “prevention is better than cure”. Program. out of them ,with help of total One of the most important strategies for prevention merative sampling, all 100 students For prevention of HIV/AIDS is the promotion of were selected as study sample .a semi-struc Awareness and accurate knowledge about AIDS,it’s tured questionnaire was prepared to assess Mode of transmission and methods of prevention in the awareness of HIV/AIDS among The reproductive age group.most vulnerable age respondents .validity was established by Group prone to HIV/AIDS is 15 to 25 years.3 NACO seeking the opinion of 3 experts from filed Also advocates the need for time to time behavioral of nursing research. a test retest reliability Surveillance .an attempt was made to study the aware was also calculated and found to be Ness level and knowledge among the 1st year nursing significant for research tools. data was analy Students (within a week of the admission ) of college zed and presented by using descriptive and. Of nursing ,dayanad medical college &hospital ,Ludhiana , inferential statistics.Punjab.these nnrsing students were fresh not yet exposed
observations :To nursing science and will represent other adolescent findings revealed that ,100 nursing girls of the society studying in collegiate education. Collegiate girls’ age ranged between 17-21 years with mean age of 18.2 += 0.88years majority of them i.e. 83 per cent were sikh
Objectives
- To assess the awareness of HIV /AIDS most of them i.e.97 per cent of them were among newly admitted nursing students . graduate .majority of girls i.e.74 per cent
2 to determine the relationship between of them were from nuclear families Selected demographic variables and whereas belonged to joint families(table-1).awareness of HIV /AIDS among students.
Table-1: socio –demographic profile of the subjects n=100
| Characteristics f |
| Age (years )
17 19 18 50 mean=18.20_+ 0.88 year 19 26 mode = 18 year 20 02 range =17-21 years 21 03 Religion Sikh 83 Hindu 17 Academic qualification 10+2 97 Graduation 03 Family type Nuclear 74 Joint 26 |
Out of a total of 100 nursing students , of them were aware that this also can be 87% of them were aware that HIV/AIDS transmitted through breast feeding .only 58% can be transmitted through homosexual and 18% girls were aware that HIV /AIDS Also activity .whereas only 31% them were aware can be transmitted through intravenous drug that AIDS also can be transmitted through abuse and tattooing respectively.homosexual activity. all the 100 students on the other side about 90% of the girls were aware that HIV/AIDS is transmitted were aware about the facts that HIV/AIDS canm through homosexual activity .all the 100 not be transmitted through kissing and hugging students were aware that HIV/AIDS is mosquito bites, sharing personal items (under transmitted through blood and blood garments, utensils, clothes) coughing & sneezing products .role of syringe needle prick and examining & caring an AIDS patient whereas shaving blade in transmission of HIV/AIDS only 29% of them were aware that HIV/AIDS was known to 90% and 73% of the girls cannot be transmitted through mutual masturbat respectively .in mother to child route ofrespectively .in mother to child route of transmission ,96% of the girls were aware that this disease can be transmitted from mother to child during pregnancy ,whereas only 39%
Table -2 Awareness about transmission of HIV/AIDS
| Variables f |
| HIV/AIDS can be transmitted through.
Heterosexual activity 87 Homosexual activity 31 Blood & blood product transfusion 100 Syringe needle prick and injuries 90 Shaving blades 73 Mother to child during pregnancy 96 Mother to child through breast feeding 39 Intravenous drug users 58 Tattooing 18 HIV/AIDS cannot be transmitted through Mutual masturbation 29 Kissing and hugging 93 Mosquito bites 89 Sharing personal items 94 Coughing & sneezing 94 Examining & caring a AIDS patient 89 |
Table-3 depicts that role of condom in inspite of vast amount of health education Prevention of HIV/AIDS was accepted and mass media coverage about HIV/AIDS By 94% of girls ,whereas use of safe disposable information ,84% of girls had misconception syringes and safe blood transfusion were that HIV/AIDS can be prevented through use believed by 98% and 96% of girls respectively. Of a vaccine and one fifth of girls reported AIDS as a curable disease.
Table-3: awareness about prevention & treatment of HIV/AIDS
N=100
| VARIABLES f
Aids can be prevented by… |
| Use of condom during intercourse 94
Use of safe disposable syringes 98 Safe blood transfusion 96 Vaccination for HIV/AIDS 84 AIDS is not a curable disease 80 |
In response to sources of awareness 11-20,which divided into poor(11-14),fair About HIV/AIDS, it was revealed that (15-17),good awareness score (18-20),data television played a pivot role in disseminating revealed that out of 100 subjects ,59%had good the information about HIV/AIDS among this awareness whereas only 10% girls had good group of population ,followed by academic awareness .when awareness scores were compared study books,newspapers/magazines ,radio , between different habitats, type of family ,and type and friends/relatives etc (table-4) of schooling .it was found that girls belonging
Table-4: source of learning about HIV/ AIDS among subjects n= 100 from rural area, joint family and studied in government schooling were only 4%,3% and 1%
| Source f |
| Television 100
Radio 46 Newspaper/magazines 78 Academic study books 95 Friends /relatives 32 |
To have good score,which was comparatively Lesser but not found statistical significant (p>0..5).as per type of program they are undergoing ,7% B.SC. Nursing & midwifery enrolled girls had good awareness score,which was comparatively lesser and found statisticalTable 5 depicts the relationship between significant (p>0.001)Selected demographic variables adn HIV/AIDS awareness score among subjects.
Awareness score ranged between
Table -5: selected demographic variables and HIV/AIDS awareness N=100
| Demographic
Variables |
HIV/AIDS awareness score |
P value |
||
| 11—–14
Poor score f |
15—–17
Fare score f |
18—-20
Good score f |
||
| Habitat:-
Urban Rural |
16 15 |
29 30 |
06 04 |
X2=0.41NS |
| Type of family
Nuclear Joint |
25 06 |
42 17 |
07 03 |
X2= 1.o4NS |
| Type of schooling
Govt . school Private |
15 16 |
24 35 |
01 09 |
X2= 4.67NS |
| Type of nursing program
B.Sc.Nsg. G.N.M |
09 22 |
34 25 |
07 03 |
X2= 16.70* |
| Total | 31 | 59 | 10 | N=100 |
d .f.=2, p=0.05, *significance, min. score=11 , max.score= ,.//20
Discussion: This study was conducted on 100 television .chi-squire test was used to see the Nursing students at college of nursing ,DMCH relationship between habit, type of family ,type of Ludhiana, punjab (within a week of the admission) schooling, type of nursing program they are undergoing and HIV/AIDS awareness score of the undergoing and HIV/AIDS awareness score of the private school studied students had higher HIV/AIDS awareness score in comparison to rural, nuclear family and govt. school studied students, but it was found statistically in significant (p.0.05) The finding revealed that majority of (83%) sikh Community girls with mean age of 18.20 -+ 0.88 years , belonging equally that about 90% of them were aware about transmission of HIV/AIDS through sexual ,blood and mother to child route ,whereas about more than fifty per cent of them were unaware about homosexuality ,breast feeding and intravenous
conclusion: drug abuse transmission of HIV/AIDS majority of the students i.e.95% were aware that HIV/AIDS the students i.e.95% were aware that HIV/AIDS transmission can be prevented through use of condom during intercourse ,use of safe disposable syring and safe blood transfusion ,whereas 16% and 20% girls respectively had misconception that HIV/AIDS can be prevented through use of a vaccine and is curable disease. Study finding coincides with a study conducted mosquito bite and caring of a AIDS patient .more education , where they found that 91% of the boys and than half of the girls had fare HIV/AIDS 96% of the girls were aware of the AIDS in terms of awareness score but good awareness score was Its spread,prevention and treatment .very few i.e.5% found only among 10% girls ,which signified that Girls of the girls and 2.5 % boys has misconception still there is existence of greater degree of that HIV/AIDS can be transmitted to health personnel unawareness among these vulnerable groups.so durning examination and care of the patients3.nearby similar findings were found in present study education in preview of HIV/AIDS need to be finding depicted that televisions played a vital role in appreciated and strengthened to give significant spreading the message about HIV/AIDS in public ,all check over this devasting problem.of the students have chance to learn about HIV/AIDS.
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