Title: HIV and AIDS
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.
Subjects: Hiv infections, Public opinion, High school students, Stigma (social psychology), Health surveys, Guyana, social conditions, AIDS (Disease), Attitudes, Psychology, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, Social Stigma, Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice, Adolescent Psychology, Cross-Sectional Studies