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KMID : 0904520100280010033
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Health and Medical Sociology
2010 Volume.28 No. 1 p.33 ~ p.60
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Knowledge and Attitudes about HIV/AIDS between Health Care Officers and Adults from the General Public in G. City S. Korea
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Kim Hwa-Son
Choi Eun-Jeung
Yang Jeoung-Nam
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Abstract
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HIV/AIDS is recognised to be one of the most serious public health problems in recent times. It is having a profound impact on society and particularly on the lives of infected people and their families. This study explores the level of knowledge and attitude towards HIV/AIDS and the relationship between knowledge and attitude among adults from the general public, including health care officers working in the public sector in G. city, S. Korea. Data for the present analysis was obtained from a purposive sampling of health care officers who work in the public sector in G. city, S. Korea to determine their knowledge and attitude towards HIV/AIDS. The sample was composed of 240 health care officers including nurses and social workers and 204 adults from the general public. The study relied on a self-administered questionnaire. The data was collected between December 2008 and January 2009. All data was analyzed using SPSS WIN version 12.0 for technical statistics. t-Test, ANOVA and multiple regression analysis was used. The result of this study is outlined in the following: First, the result of this research showed that the average level of participants knowledge on HIV/AIDS was 84.4%. The health care officer"s score was 87%, adults from the general public was 81% which showed that health care officer"s score was higher than that of adults from the general public. Second, the outcome also showed that health care officers generally had a more positive attitude about HIV/AIDS patients than adults from the general public but it was not significant. Third, the result of this study showed that there is a positive corelation between participant"s attitudes towards HIV/AIDS and their level of knowledge. Fourth, the results also showed that knowledge on HIV/AIDS is the most important influential factor towards participant"s attitude. This result has important implications for future education programs designed for health care officers in the public sector including nurses and social workers.
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KEYWORD
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HIV/AIDS knowledge and Attitudes, health care officers
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