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ABSTRACT
Objective:
Recent years, the number of young people infected with AIDS is increasing. Teenagers are not only the main endangered population of AIDS, but also an important force of AIDS prevention and control work. Carrying out AIDS prevention related health education activities for youth, could improve their level of knowledge and enhance their capacity, so that curb AIDS from the source. It is confirmed by the majority of research practice the domestic and foreign experts and educators done that carrying out AIDS health education in school is the most effective way. In school, teaching and administrative staff contact the longest time with students, and can influence students＇ thoughts and behavior, so the best candidate for spreading AIDS knowledge and implementing AIDS health education is teaching and administrative staff. The level of AIDS knowledge and behavior that teaching and administrative staff have directly affect the healthy growth of students, so it is necessary for the next step of AIDS health education in the teaching and administrative staff that to understand AIDS cognition of teachers. The purpose of this study is to understand the AIDS cognition of Xi＇an City middle school teaching and administrative staff, find feasible intervention clues for AIDS health education, and provide scientific basis for the next step effective intervention measures.
Methods:
This paper uses the method of stratified cluster sampling to carry out a cross-sectional study. The investigation objects are all on-regular-payroll teachers in the 21 Xi＇an city key high school, ordinary high school and vocational high school that
sampled by a stratified method. Using ＂The Core Indicators Construction Guide＂ established by UNAIDS and WHO in 2002 as the guideline, combining the cognitive index in domestic common use to design questionnaire. The questionnaire includes: the general demographic characteristics, AIDS related knowledge, attitude and recommendations for prevention and control measures. The main analyze index is the number and proportion of the different characteristics objects, the correct rate of each subject, the scores of each knowledge part and the number and proportion of the positive attitude to AIDS. In order to guarantee the quality of investigation, questionnaire was decided after repeated demonstration and consultation, investigators were allowed to participate in the investigation after passing the training, questionnaires were filled and audited twice on the spot, and data were audited again before entering and were logic selected. The Epinfo2002 software was used to establish database and data error detection. Statistical description was indicated by mean and rate. Statistical inference was done by t test, variance analysis, chi-square test and multi factor regression analysis. All the analysis process is completed by SPSS11.0 software package.
Study results:
The number of subjects we should investigate is 1758. A total of 1538 teachers were investigated, obtained 1392 valid questionnaires. The actual investigation rate was 87.49%, the effective response rate was 90.51%, the coincidence rate is 95.71%.
The three highest single correct rate answers were three routes of AIDS transmission, the correct rate were 90.95%-96.26%, the lowest correct rate question was ＂The incubation period of AIDS＂, the correct rate was 14.87%. For the percentile score, there were 257 teachers below 60, accounting for 18.46%, 937 teachers among 60-85 accounting for 67.32%, 198 teacher score more than 85, accounting for 14.22%. the distribution of scores of each knowledge part in different grades is statistical significance(P＜0.05).
Multiple linear regression showed that, the scores of AIDS related knowledge is related to local, school type, gender, age, post and education background (P＜0.05).
Teacher＇s positive attitude to AIDS constitute the highest proportion, the average value is 81.54%. 96.41% teachers think we should not ＂discriminate against AIDS patients”, but 52.73% teachers chose ＂ try to avoid communication ＂or＂ refuse communication＂ with AIDS patients or HIV infected people in life contact. 19.83% teachers think HIV infected people should be isolated. Compared with other teachers, the constituent ratio of AIDS positive attitude of teachers under 30 years is relatively high. The constituent ratio of the county high school teachers, key high school teachers and teachers whose educational background was master thought that the prevention of AIDS should not be＂everyone involved in＂ was higher. The constituent ratio of teachers whose educational background was master would actively involved in AIDS publicity and education was lowest.
Most of teachers thought the most important measure for AIDS prevention and control is “to comply with sexual morality”, accounting for 85.06%. There were 1081 teachers chose two or more measures, accounting for 77.66%.
Conclusions:
1.The level of AIDS knowledge is low and the knowledge structure is unbalanced in Xi＇an city high school teachers. The cognitive level of AIDS transmission route knowledge is the highest, the cognitive level of AIDS general knowledge is the lowest.
2.Gender is male, position is school doctor, educational background is undergraduate were positive factors and Growth of age and school location is town or county were cognitive factorsfor the AIDS knowledge cognitive level of Xi＇an City high school teaching and administrative staff.
3.To AIDS patients or HIV infected people, there is a certain degree of discrimination in Xi＇an city high school teachers.
4.Most of Xi＇an city high school teachers thought it should take various measures to control the transmission of AIDS.
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