Open AccessKnowledge and attitude toward human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immuno deficiency syndrome among dental and medical undergraduate students
Author(s) -
Vinod Kumar,
Kavitha Patil,
Karishma Munoli
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of pharmacy and bioallied sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.268
H-Index - 36
eISSN - 0976-4879
pISSN - 0975-7406
DOI - 10.4103/0975-7406.163598
Subject(s) - medicine , family medicine , public health , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , descriptive statistics , isolation (microbiology) , health care , cross sectional study , nursing , statistics , mathematics , microbiology and biotechnology , economics , biology , economic growth , pathology
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a major public health challenge. Unjustified calls for the isolation of patients with HIV infection might further constrain the potential for expansion of clinical services to deal with a greater number of such patients. This infectious illness can evoke irrational emotions and fears in health care providers. Keeping this in view, a study was conducted to assess the knowledge and attitudes related to HIV/acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) among dental and medical students.