AWARENESS AMONG YOUTH ABOUT HIV & TB- A COMPARATIVE STUDY
Journal Title: Journal of Evolution of Medical and Dental Sciences - Year 2017, Vol 6, Issue 49
Abstract
BACKGROUND India has a high burden of diseases such as Tuberculosis (TB), HIV/AIDS and also HIV-TB co-infection. As children and youth are a valuable resource for the future of a country, this study was conducted to assess the awareness among youth about HIV and TB and to compare awareness about TB with that of HIV. MATERIALS AND METHODS It is a cross-sectional observational study conducted on 500 students studying in a degree college in Visakhapatnam. All of them were in the age group of 18-20 years. A printed questionnaire with multiple choice answers was handed over to them and they were asked to choose the appropriate answer. RESULTS The mean of awareness about HIV was 65.57 but that of tuberculosis was only 48.14. Awareness of tuberculosis was found to be significantly lower when compared to that of HIV (P<0.0001). CONCLUSION Awareness about tuberculosis is much less compared to that of HIV/AIDS. Most of the students read about these diseases in their books as a part of their curriculum, but they were less exposed to other awareness programmes conducted by the government. Awareness among youth about cough etiquette and tuberculosis has to be increased immediately by all possible means, so that they can protect themselves and future generations.
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Allena Nishant, Pradeep Kumar Palakonda
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