HIV and AIDS
Subtitle: Knowledge and Stigma in Guyana
Publisher: University of the West Indies Press; The University of the West Indies Press
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9789766403171
Subjects: Hiv infections; Public opinion; High school students; Stigma (social psychology); Health surveys; Guyana, social conditions
Description: This cross-sectional study used a purposive sample of 379 high school students from fifteen urban and rural high schools in Guyana and assessed their HIV and AIDS knowledge and stigma-related attitudes, and the relationships among gender, age, religion, and race/ethnicity and HIV and AIDS knowledge. Most of the high school students displayed an overall moderate level of HIV and AIDS knowledge. The students understood the modes of HIV transmission; they recognized the symptoms of HIV and AIDS; nearly half of them believed that a blood donor was at risk of contracting HIV; and about one-fifth of the students embraced myths and misconceptions surrounding HIV and AIDS.