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Agarwal, Agarwal, Mahajan, Upadhyay and Agarwal (1998). Knowledge, Attitude and Practices of Medical undergraduates about AIDS and Human Sexuality. Journal of Ravishankar University (Part-B: Science), 11(1), pp.51-58.
Journal of Ravishankar University Vol.11-12 No.8 (Science) 1998·99 pp.51·58 ISSN 0970·5910
Knowledge, Attitude and Practices of
Medical
undergraduates about AIDS and Human Sexuality
A.K. Agarwal, Anjoo Agarwal, P.C. Mahajan, S. Upadhyay and Ashok K. Agarwal
G. R.
Medical College, Gwalior Institute of Management Studies, Gwalior
MS: Received:
01.02.99; Accepted: 27.12.98
Abstract : On analysis
of 1he collected data from 319 (171
Males and ,..148 females) Medical Students, reveal that
majority of students had knowledge about the cause.
prevention and
the various possible routes of transmission of H.l.V. Though sex is essential for majority of students but· less than 5% were ready to take risk for AIDS by having sex with an attractive stranger. As the professional goes high, percentage of studnets goes up who have correct
knowledge about various aspects of AIDS. On further exploration of
the data as per sex, ashade better percentage of female
students in comparison to their
counterparts males had correct knowledge about most of the aspects of AIDS.
Keywords : Human Sexuality, Sexual Fantasy, AIDS Cell.
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