| dc.contributor.author | Hayyawi, A.H. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Al Marayaty, A.Y. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Salman, W.S. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Hamed, W. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2014-06-17T08:58:35Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2014-06-17T08:58:35Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2010 | EN |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1020-3397 | EN |
| dc.identifier.other | http://applications.emro.who.int/emhj/V16/01/16_1_2010_0018_0023.pdf | EN |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://iris.who.int/handle/10665/117810 | |
| dc.description | 18-23 | EN |
| dc.description.abstract | This study aimed to build a baseline profile of knowledge, attitudes and beliefs of Iraqis toward HIV/AIDS. Questionnaire interviews were conducted in 2006 with 335 people attending HIV testing centres in Baghdad. Most respondents [82.7%] had heard about AIDS, mainly from the mass media [71.0%], and 91.9% knew that AIDS is an infectious disease, most commonly via sexual relationships [74.9%]. There was no association between knowledge level and acceptance of caring for an HIV-positive relative or marrying an HIV-positive partner, but there was a significant association between low knowledge level and negative attitudes towards sharing food, sitting on the bus and working at the same place with an HIV-positive individual | EN |
| dc.language.iso | en | EN |
| dc.subject | HIV | EN |
| dc.subject | Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice | EN |
| dc.subject | Questionnaires | EN |
| dc.subject | Cross-Sectional Studies | EN |
| dc.subject.mesh | Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome | EN |
| dc.title | HIV/AIDS knowledge, attitudes and beliefs among a group of Iraqis | EN |
| dc.relation.ispartofjournal | EMHJ - Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal, 16 (1), 18-23, 2010 | |
