Milcah Othniel, Seli (2024) “Knowledge, Attitude And Practice Towards Hiv/Aids Among Unimas Undergraduate Nursing Students”. [Final Year Project Report] (Unpublished)
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Abstract
Introduction: HIV is a severe infection that weakens the immune system, making individuals vulnerable to infections, neurological conditions, and rare cancers. In Malaysia, around 86,142 people live with HIV, with 68% receiving ART as of December 2022. The global HIV/AIDS crisis is a significant challenge, with 38 countries experiencing a rise in infections. The Malaysia Stigma Evaluation Survey (MySES) found that 70.1% of respondents felt ashamed due to their HIV status with almost half of the respondent experienced discrimination in the healthcare settings. Objectives: This study aimed to assess the knowledge, attitude and practice towards HIV/AIDS among UNIMAS undergraduate nursing students and to examine the relationship between knowledge, attitude and practice towards HIV/AIDS. Method: A quantitative cross-sectional study of Knowledge, Attitude and Practice among UNIMAS undergraduate nursing students. A total number of 168 participant were interviewed by given a questionnaire adopted from Dellobelle et al. (2009) and responses were reviewed and analyzed by using descriptive statistics. Results: Overall knowledge of the nursing students was moderate. Most of the student did not know that HIV-positive TB patients have no symptoms or signs of HIV disease (57.7%). Most students believe that patients with HIV/AIDS should be treated with the same respect as any other patient (51.2%). Around 97.0% of the student encourage people to get tested and counselled for HIV/AIDS. Conclusion: This study concludes that UNIMAS undergraduate nursing student have moderate knowledge and practice towards HIV/AIDS and negative attitude.
| Item Type: | Final Year Project Report |
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| Additional Information: | Project report (B.Sc.) -- Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, 2024. |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | People living with HIV/AIDS, Knowledge, Attitude, Practice |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) R Medicine > R Medicine (General) |
| Divisions: | Academic Faculties, Institutes and Centres > Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences Faculties, Institutes, Centres > Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences |
| Depositing User: | Patrick |
| Date Deposited: | 22 Aug 2024 07:42 |
| Last Modified: | 22 Aug 2024 07:42 |
| URI: | http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/45778 |
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