ميزان آگاهي و نگرش دانشجويان دانشگاه آزاد تويسركان نسبت به بيماري ايدز و عوامل مؤثر بر آن

The Rate of Awareness and Attitudes of IAU Studentʹs of Toyserkan on AIDS and Influential Factors on It

AIDS, one of the most dangerous contagious diseases, has currently affected many people unfortunately, 90% of them are from developing countries. Considering the outbreak of AIDS mostly in the young and the declaration of the public assembly of the UN, for achieving a 25% decrease in its outbreak by 2010, this study aims at investigating the studentʹs degree of awareness and attitude in Toyserkan Azad University on AIDS and influential factors on it. The students were selected thorough rank sampling and were studied by field-finding method. The means of data collection was questionnaire consisting of closed-answer questions. The distribution and data were described and the data analysis was conducted using T-test, Regression-Analysis, and one-way Variance-Analysis. The results show the positive relationship between awareness and the type of attitude, meaningful relationship between gender, field of study, semester and the degree of awareness, and the meaningful relationship between field of study and the attitude toward AIDS. Based on the findings of the present study, it is recommended that they enrich instruction on the AIDS in the universities and inform the students aiming at changing the type of attitude and plan and perform programs that improve the hygiene related to AIDS, and especially present its outbreak.