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Assessment Of Knowledge And Attitude Among Mahsa Medical Students Towards HIV/AIDS

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dc.contributor.authorAws Hashim Ali Al-Kadhimen_US
dc.contributor.authorSarah Taha Yousif Al-Anien_US
dc.contributor.authorMunandy Alagaren_US
dc.contributor.authorLee Phon Yongen_US
dc.contributor.authorGomalata Devadasen_US
dc.contributor.authorChandrasekaran Selvarajen_US
dc.contributor.authorMeram Azzanien_US
dc.date.accessioned2024-05-28T05:52:09Z
dc.date.available2024-05-28T05:52:09Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.date.submitted2022-4-28
dc.descriptionVolume: 7 No: 1 (page: 36-47)en_US
dc.description.abstractIntroduction: According to the Ministry of Health Statistics, there have been 87,710 confirmed HIV infected cases in Malaysia. The objective of this study is to determine how well MAHSA University medical students knew about HIV/AIDS. Methods:This was a cross-sectional questionnaire-based study conducted at MAHSA University's School of Medicine. The surveys focused on different mechanisms of transmission, high-risk behaviours, and prevention strategies. Results :A total of 360 medical students participate in this study. Medical students in pre-clinical years had substantially higher knowledge ratings than those in clinical years (p=0.045). Comfortableness dealing with HIV/AIDS patients had the highest stigmatizing score (3.78 ± 0.86). Attitudes toward imposed measures had the lowest stigmatization score (mean 2.60 ± 0.62), knowledge score is significantly correlate with stigmatizing attitude (P=0.004). In addition, higher knowledge scores were shown among medical students who reported to have previous encounters with patients living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) (p<0.001). Knowledge scores were significantly low among the patients living with HIV (PEWHIV) (4.2 ± 1.67) (P=0.019). Concerning mother to child transmission of HIV/AIDS infection, clinical medical students showed higher degree of knowledge as compare with preclinical years medical students with P value<0.05.Conclusion:The knowledge of medical students in MAHSA University is generally high, awareness of HIV transmission from mother to child through breast milk is still lacking, indicating that this is the most significant feature that has to be stressed and improved in future medical curriculum for better health care services and public education.en_US
dc.identifier.citationALKADHIM, Aws Hashim Ali et al. Assessment of Knowledge and Attitude among MAHSA Medical Students towards HIV/AIDS. Journal of Clinical and Health Sciences, [S.l.], v. 7, n. 1, p. 37-46, feb. 2022. ISSN 0127-984X. Available at: <https://myjms.mohe.gov.my/index.php/JCHS/article/view/9964>. Date accessed: 03 oct. 2022. doi: https://doi.org/10.24191/jchs.v7i1.9964.en_US
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.24191/jchs.v7i1.9964
dc.identifier.epage47
dc.identifier.issn0127-984X
dc.identifier.issue1
dc.identifier.spage36
dc.identifier.urihttps://myjms.mohe.gov.my/index.php/JCHS/article/view/9964
dc.identifier.urihttps://oarep.usim.edu.my/handle/123456789/6709
dc.identifier.volume7
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherFaculty of Medicine,Universiti Teknologi MARAen_US
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of Clinical and Health Sciencesen_US
dc.subjectHIV, medical students, MAHSA, attitudeen_US
dc.titleAssessment Of Knowledge And Attitude Among Mahsa Medical Students Towards HIV/AIDSen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dspace.entity.typePublication

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