Comparison of Knowledge and Attitudes of Medical and Dental Students towards HIV/AIDS in Pakistan

Ali, Asad; Ali, Nouman Safdar; Nasir, Usama; Aadil, Muhammad; Waqas, Neha; Zil-E-Ali, Ahsan; Anwar, Muhammad Jahanzaib; Anjum, Ibrar

doi:10.7759/cureus.2426

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“…3C) and Chesneya sect. Pulvinatae (Fig. 3D) are restricted to Tibet and adjacent regions, adapting to high-altitude psychrophytic habitats (Ali 1977; Zhu and Larsen 2010). The evolutionary history of Chesneya appears complex, whereas the elevation of the QTP and the subsequent aridifications may have played an important role (Meng et al 2015; Zhang et al 2015b), as in former Calophaca (Zhang et al 2015a), Caragana (Zhang and Fritsch 2010) and Hedysarum (Shue 1985; Duan et al 2015).…”

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A molecular phylogeny of Caraganeae (Leguminosae, Papilionoideae) reveals insights into new generic and infrageneric delimitations

Duan¹,

Yang²,

Liu³

et al. 2016

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Based on sequence data of nuclear ITS and plastid matK, trnL-F and psbA-trnH markers, the phylogeny of the subtribes Caraganinae and Chesneyinae in tribe Caraganeae was inferred. The results support the monophyly of each of the subtribes. Within subtribes Caraganinae, Calophaca and Halimodendron are herein transferred into Caragana to ensure its generic monophyly. The subtribe Chesneyinae is composed of four well-supported genera: Chesneya, Chesniella, Gueldenstaedtia and Tibetia. Based on phylogenetic, morphological, distributional and habitat type evidence, the genus Chesneya was divided into three monophyletic sections: Chesneya sect. Chesneya, Chesneya sect. Pulvinatae and Chesneya sect. Spinosae. Chesneya macrantha is herein transferred into Chesniella. Spongiocarpella is polyphyletic and its generic rank is not maintained. The position of Chesneya was incongruent in the nuclear ITS and the plastid trees. A paternal chloroplast capture event via introgression is hypothesized for the origin of Chesneya, which is postulated to have involved the common ancestor of Chesniella (♂) and that of the Gueldenstaedtia – Tibetia (GUT) clade (♀) as the parents.

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A molecular phylogeny of Caraganeae (Leguminosae, Papilionoideae) reveals insights into new generic and infrageneric delimitations

Duan¹,

Yang²,

Liu³

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“…[6] Studies have shown that the main transmission route of HIV/AIDS changes from injecting drug to sexual transmission, and the number of young students with HIV/AIDS increases year by year. [8] In this survey, our results indicated that the AIDS publicity and education work in universities has made some progress, while the students still had insufficient knowledge of AIDS prevention, the same as the result of Asad Ali and colleagues, [9] especially how to avoid the sexual transmission, for the reason that the awareness rate of knowing "Only to have sexual relations with a sexual partner can reduce the spread of AIDS" was only 76.9%. As sexual transmission is the main transmission route in Guizhou province, China, [10] therefore, the AIDS publicity and education in universities should be strengthened to improve their abilities to prevent and control AIDS.…”

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Awareness and source of AIDS-related prevention knowledge among medical university students of Guizhou province, China

Zhou

Yang

Wang

et al. 2019

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Objectives: To clarify the awareness and source of AIDS knowledge among college students of medical university of Guizhou province, China, so as to provide some basic evidences for implementing education of AIDS control and prevention. Methods: A stratified cluster sampling survey was conducted. Self-designed questionnaires were used to investigate university students, Epidata 3.0 and SPSS 18.0 were used to analyze data. Results: The awareness rate of AIDS through blood transmission and mother-to-child transmission was over 90%, the awareness rate of sexual transmission was just about 80%, and the awareness rate of non-transmission route "mosquito bites will not spread AIDS" was only 53.3%. The awareness rate of AIDS transmission and treatment among medical students was higher than that of non-medical students. The Internet, propaganda materials, newspapers and magazines, and school classes were the main ways for university students to acquire AIDS knowledge. Some students hope to acquire knowledge from classmates and friends, it was found that the proportion of medical students receiving AIDS knowledge from school classes was significantly higher than that of non-medical students (80.8% vs. 73.1%, p = .007). Conclusion: Though the awareness rate of AIDS knowledge among medical students is better than that of non-medical students, they had insufficient knowledge of AIDS, especially the sexual transmission. Moreover, school classes may be an effective way to propagandize AIDS-related knowledge, so schools can consider publicizing the AIDS education through classes, so as to improve students' abilities of AIDS control and prevention.

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“…The knowledge of MTCT of HIV and routes of transmission has been documented to be poor both in providers and recipients of care. 14…”

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Frequency of pregnant women who accept HIV screening using rapid detection test and factors associated with acceptance

Khatoon

Husain

et al. 2021

Int J STD AIDS

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To assess the frequency of pregnant women who accept HIV screening using rapid detection test and factors associated with acceptance we undertook a cross-sectional study conducted from July to December 2018. Women aged 20–45 years, who were pregnant and planned to deliver at the facility, were included. Women were counseled and offered about Human Immunodeficiency virus (HIV) screening. A total of 718 women were included in the study. The screening was accepted by 32.3% of women. Six women tested positive in the study giving a seroprevalence of 0.8% in the population studied. Acceptance of counseling and screening varied significantly with age range, educational status, socioeconomic status, and employment status. Women aged 30 years and above ( p = 0.023) and women with higher education ( p < 0.001) were more likely to refuse counselling. Similarly, employed women (p = 0.041) and women of higher socioeconomic class ( p = 0.039) refused counselling. However, when logistic regression was conducted, only educational status ( p < 0.001) and occupational status ( p = 0.039) were significantly associated with acceptance of counseling and screening. The acceptance of counselling and testing for HIV in antenatal care attendees was low. Women of higher educational status and having some employment refused counselling and testing more commonly.

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Comparison of Knowledge and Attitudes of Medical and Dental Students towards HIV/AIDS in Pakistan

Cited by 20 publications

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A molecular phylogeny of Caraganeae (Leguminosae, Papilionoideae) reveals insights into new generic and infrageneric delimitations

A molecular phylogeny of Caraganeae (Leguminosae, Papilionoideae) reveals insights into new generic and infrageneric delimitations

Awareness and source of AIDS-related prevention knowledge among medical university students of Guizhou province, China

Frequency of pregnant women who accept HIV screening using rapid detection test and factors associated with acceptance

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