1. A Study on Nursing and Non-Nursing College Students' Knowledge and Attitudes of HIV/AIDS and Hepatitis B
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Haena Park, Eun Yong Kim, Hyeong Suk Lee, Bit Na Kim, Misun Song, Mingee Kim, Mi Ri Kim, Hye Jin Seong, Eun Kyung Kim, Jin Hee Kim, and Keun Hee Kim
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Hepatitis ,Descriptive statistics ,business.industry ,education ,Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) ,Hepatitis B ,medicine.disease ,medicine.disease_cause ,Structured education ,Test (assessment) ,Nursing ,Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) ,medicine ,business ,Mass media - Abstract
Purpose: This study was conducted to describe the knowledge and attitudes of nursing and non-nursing college students toward HIV/AIDS and Hepatitis B. Methods: A descriptive design was used for this study. The subjects were 123 nursing college students and 128 non-nursing college students. Self-administered questionnaires were used for data collection. Descriptive statistics, -test, t-test, ANOVA, and Pearson correlation coefficient were used for data analysis. Results: Nursing students showed a greater understanding and more favorable attitudes towards HIV/AIDS and hepatitis B than non-nursing college students. Most non-nursing college students learned about HIV/AIDS and hepatitis B from Mass Media. In contrast, many nursing college students learned about HIV/AIDS and hepatitis B from technical books and lecture. Students who learned from technical books and lecture showed a higher score for knowledge and more favorable attitudes regarding HIV/AIDS and hepatitis B. Conclusion: The findings of this study demonstrated that educational opportunities in school are crucial to enhancing knowledge and attitudes toward HIV/AIDS and Hepatitis B. A structured education program using strategies to improve attitudes is necessary for college students.
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- 2015