1Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Saraswathi Institute of Medical Sciences, Hapur, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India
2Assistant Professor, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Saraswathi Institute of Medical Sciences, Hapur, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India
3Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Saraswathi Institute of Medical Sciences, Hapur, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India
*Corresponding author: Daya Chand, Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Saraswathi Institute of Medical Sciences, Hapur, Ghaziabad, U.P., India, Tel: 9690844944
Online published on 31 January, 2015.
The objective of this paper is to study the knowledge of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Acquird Immunodeficiency Disease (HIV/AIDS) among senior secondary school students in Ghaziabad U.P. India.
This was a cross-sectional survey involving 600 students from four secondary schools (Two urban and two rural) in Ghaziabad, selected by a two-stage stratified sampling technique, using a self administered structured questionnaire.
40%, 13%, 15.33%, and 19% of the students identified sexual transmission, mother to child, blood transfusion and unsterilized needles, respectively, as modes of transmission of HIV infection. Students from urban school demonstrated more knowledge than students from rural schools. Similarly, male students had more knowledge than female students. Students from the higher social class demonstrated more knowledge than those from middle and the lower social class.
It is concluded that the knowledge of the students on the transmission and prevention of HIV/AIDS is poor. There is need to intensify HIV/AIDS education programmes among Senior Secondary School Children.
