Open AccessKnowledge about AIDS and HIV in the US adult population: influence of the local incidence of AIDS.
Author(s) -
Linda F. McCaig,
Ann M. Hardy,
Deborah M. Winn
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.81.12.1591
Subject(s) - incidence (geometry) , casual , transmission (telecommunications) , medicine , demography , population , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , epidemiology , gerontology , health education , public health , environmental health , family medicine , nursing , pathology , materials science , physics , electrical engineering , sociology , optics , composite material , engineering
Accurate information about acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is important for prevention. This study determined whether AIDS knowledge varied among populations residing in areas with a low, medium, or high incidence of AIDS.