TY  - JOUR
U1  - Zeitschriftenartikel, wissenschaftlich - begutachtet (reviewed)
A1  - Thingore, Chetan
A1  - Joshi, Ruchira
A1  - Kshirsagar, Viplav
A1  - Limaye, Dnyanesh
T1  - A study to assess the knowledge and attitude towards HIV of pharmacy students from Mumbai university
JF  - International Journal of Community Medicine and Public Health
N2  - Background: India is the biggest HIV epidemic in the world. The role of a pharmacist is pivotal in educating the general masses. The aim of the study was to determine the knowledge and attitude of pharmacy students from University of Mumbai.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in University of Mumbai during February-March 2020. Therein, 307 students (214: females and 94: males) participated in the study. The questionnaire was distributed in the classroom and data was collected by means of Google-forms. Furthermore, the data was analysed using IBM SPSS version 23.

Results: The participants demonstrated good knowledge (84%) and attitude (76%) score. With respect to knowledge score, no significant difference was observed except for responses of two questions, aim of the antiretroviral therapy (ART) and Avoidance of sexual intercourse can decrease the risk of HIV. With respect to attitude score, Volunteering to work at an institute for the welfare of HIV patients showed a significant difference.

Conclusion: The current study showed that there were no misconceptions or negative attitude regarding HIV among the students. However, a study with greater sample size must be conducted across India for further investigation.
KW  - AIDS
KW  - HIV
KW  - Attitude
KW  - Knowledge
KW  - Pharmacy
KW  - HIV-Infektion
KW  - Wissen
KW  - Einstellung
KW  - Student
KW  - Pharmazie
KW  - University of Mumbai
Y1  - 2020
UN  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:bsz:960-opus4-19051
SN  - 2394-6032
SS  - 2394-6032
U6  - https://doi.org/10.25968/opus-1905
DO  - https://doi.org/10.25968/opus-1905
VL  - 7
IS  - 10
SP  - 3867
EP  - 3871
ER  -