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HIV/AIDS knowledge among a group of youngsters under social protection in Turkey

Author(s) -

Veli Duyan,

Gülsüm Çamur Duyan

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

turkish journal of medical sciences

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.277

H-Index - 27

eISSN - 1303-6165

pISSN - 1300-0144

DOI - 10.3906/sag-0809-48

Subject(s) - human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , medicine , affect (linguistics) , health education , family medicine , gerontology , psychology , demography , public health , nursing , sociology , communication

Results: Healthcare workers (e.g., doctors and nurses) and peers were the significant sources of HIV knowledge among youngsters under social protection and their HIV/AIDS knowledge was quite low. Gender differences did not affect knowledge on HIV/AIDS. However, level of education and age were positively correlated with the level of knowledge on HIV/AIDS. Finally, youngsters who lived urban areas most were more knowledgeable on HIV/AIDS. Conclusions: We concluded that adolescents under social protection need education on sexually transmitted diseases.

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