TY - JOUR U1 - Wissenschaftlicher Artikel A1 - Limaye, Dnyanesh A1 - Fortwengel, Gerhard A1 - Limaye, Vaidehi A1 - Bhasi, Aishwarya A1 - Dhule, Aditya A1 - Dugane, Rajesh A1 - Borkar, Asang A1 - Shankar Pitani, Ravi A1 - Sathe, Sushama A1 - Kapadi, Atul T1 - A study to assess knowledge and attitude towards HIV among students from Mumbai university JF - International Journal of Research in Medical Sciences N2 - Background: India has the third largest HIV epidemic in the world. The Indian epidemic is characterized by low levels in the general population and elevated concentrations among high-risk groups. The present study was planned to determine the awareness of HIV among students from Mumbai University. Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out among students from Mumbai University, India during May–June 2017. Two hundred and fifty students were approached to participate in the study of which 199 agreed to participate (males: 132; females: 67). Pretested questionnaire was distributed and collected data was analyzed using IBM SPSS version 23. Results: Study participants had high knowledge (86%) and attitude score (87%). There was no significant difference between males and female participants for attitude and knowledge, except for one question regarding knowledge about HIV transmission via breastfeeding to child. Conclusions: Present study showed that there are no misconceptions or negative attitudes regarding HIV among students. A longitudinal study with a larger sample size across India is recommended for further investigation. KW - Attitude KW - Knowledge KW - Aids KW - HIV KW - Wissen KW - Student KW - Mumbai Y1 - 2019 UN - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:bsz:960-opus4-16754 SN - 2320-6012 SS - 2320-6012 U6 - https://doi.org/10.25968/opus-1675 DO - https://doi.org/10.25968/opus-1675 VL - 7 IS - 6 SP - 1999 EP - 2002 ER -