Awareness scale of hiv transmission
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The document is an awareness scale that assesses knowledge of HIV transmission through a series of true/false questions. It begins with collecting demographic information about respondents such as their age, sex, and education level. The main part of the scale then lists 15 statements about various activities and whether they can transmit HIV, asking respondents to indicate if each one is true or false based on their knowledge. Some statements are intentionally incorrect to test awareness levels.
Awareness scale of hiv transmission
- 1. AWARENESS SCALE OF HIV TRANSMISSION Part 1 - Profile of Respondents: 1. Age: _________ 2. Sex: ( ) Male ( ) Female 3. Educational Attainment: Please put a check (√) mark on a given option below ( ) – Elementary Undergrad ( ) – High School Graduate ( ) – Elementary Graduate ( ) – College Undergrad ( ) – High School Undergrad ( ) – College Graduate Part 2- Level of Awareness of Transmission of HIV 1. Please read each item carefully and decide honestly to what level you are aware about the transmission of HIV on the items given below. 2. Do not leave any item unanswered 3. Each item is answerable by TRUE or FALSE by putting check ( ) mark according to your awareness/know about HIV transmission. 4. Note, some of the item are not correct descriptions about HIV. Do you agree that a person is risk for transmission TRUE FALSE of HIV when; 1. Having unprotected sex with partner who uses injectable drugs or shares needles with someone. 2. Had unprotected sex with a multiple sex partners. 3. Do oral sex with infected (HIV) partner is safe than anal intercourse. 4. Having a sexually transmitted disease like genital herpes or syphilis makes it easier to get HIV virus. 5. By hugging with person infected the virus 6. Had unprotected sex with a man who has had sex with another man 7. Using public toilet seats and swimming public pool. 8. Only homosexual men are risk in contacting HIV. 9. The healthy looking person could not have an HIV virus HIV can be transmitted by; 10. Transmitted by blood, semen or vaginal secretions 11. Transmitted by HIV infected mother’s breast milk 12. Transmitted by shared needles for administering drugs used by HIV infected person 13. Transmitted during childbirth by HIV infected mother 14. By sharing food with an HIV-positive person
- 2. 15. HIV virus can be transmitted by mosquito bites