Determining the stigmatisation and discrimination tendency of university students about HIV/AIDS in health-related departments
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This study was planned to determine the stigmatisation and discrimination tendencies of university students studying in health-related departments regarding Human immunodeficiency virus/ acquired immune deficiency syndrom (HIV/AIDS). This research was carried out with the participation of 221 students studying at the Vocational School of Health Services and Faculty of Health Sciences of a university between 17.05.2021 and 24.05.2021 and willing to participate in the research. In the study, data were collected using a 36-item questionnaire, which determines students' sociodemographic characteristics, knowledge and attitudes towards HIV/AIDS, and AIDS Knowledge Scale and AIDS Attitude Scale. Percentage calculation, Kolmogorov–Smirnov, Pearson’s correlation coefficient, t-test, analysis of variance, Tukey’s test and Cronbach's alpha coefficient were used to evaluate the data. It was observed that the AIDS Knowledge and AIDS Attitude Scale scores differed according to some characteristics of the students (p < 0.05).
Keywords: AIDS, discrimination, HIV, stigmatisation.
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