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  • Knowledge and attitudes towards HIV/AIDS among dental students of Jazan University, Kingdom Saudi Arabia

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    Kumar, Santhosh
    Tadakamadla, Jyothi
    Areeshi, Ahmed Yahya Bin Hassan
    Tobaigy, Hamza Abdul Wahab Mohammed
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    Tadakamadla, Jyothi
    Tadakamdla, Santosh Kumar K.
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    2018
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    Objectives: To evaluate the knowledge and attitudes of dental students at Jazan University, Saudi Arabia; compare the differences in HIV/AIDS related knowledge and attitudes between the genders and years of study. Methods: This cross-sectional survey was conducted among dental students of Jazan University (N = 208; Response rate = 88.1%). Results: Most of the students (93%) knew ‘‘HIV/AIDS patients can infect dental workers” and 14% were unaware of the fact that HIV/AIDS patients can be diagnosed with oral manifestations. Less than half the subjects (47.6%) were confident on their ability to safely treat HIV/AIDS patients and ...
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    Objectives: To evaluate the knowledge and attitudes of dental students at Jazan University, Saudi Arabia; compare the differences in HIV/AIDS related knowledge and attitudes between the genders and years of study. Methods: This cross-sectional survey was conducted among dental students of Jazan University (N = 208; Response rate = 88.1%). Results: Most of the students (93%) knew ‘‘HIV/AIDS patients can infect dental workers” and 14% were unaware of the fact that HIV/AIDS patients can be diagnosed with oral manifestations. Less than half the subjects (47.6%) were confident on their ability to safely treat HIV/AIDS patients and only 28.8% of the study population believed that their knowledge about infection control is enough to treat HIV/AIDS patients. Males and 4th year students had significantly greater HIV/ AIDS related knowledge and attitudes than their comparative counterparts. Conclusions: HIV/AIDS related knowledge and attitudes in dental students of Jazan University are comparable to other studies from Saudi but are poor when compared to other countries.
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    Journal Title
    Saudi Dental Journal
    Volume
    30
    Issue
    1
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sdentj.2017.10.003
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    © 2017 The Authors. Production and hosting by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of King Saud University. This is an open access article under the CCBY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) which permits unrestricted, non-commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, providing that the work is properly cited.
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    Dentistry not elsewhere classified
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/381420
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