Knowledge items | % of students who answered correctly |
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Routes of transmission | Â |
Sexual contact (n = 915) | 100 |
Contaminated needles & syringes (n = 914) | 99 |
Blood transfusion (n = 911) | 94.2 |
From mother to child during pregnancy & labor (n = 905) | 91.9 |
Tattoos and piercings (n = 906) | 81.6 |
From mother to child during breastfeeding (n = 908) | 36.6 |
Routes of non-transmission | Â |
Hand shaking (n = 908) | 99.3 |
Hugging (n = 906) | 99.1 |
Sharing utensils with someone who has HIV/AIDS (n = 907) | 89.6 |
Using the same toilet as someone who has HIV/AIDS (n = 908) | 88.9 |
Saliva from someone who has HIV/AIDS (n = 892) | 75.2 |
Mosquito bites (n = 904) | 72.8 |
Basic knowledge of HIV/AIDS treatment | Â |
HIV treatment prolongs the life expectancy of HIV-positive patients (n = 908) | 93.5 |
HIV treatment decreases the chances of infection after unprotected sexual intercourse (n = 904) | 57.9 |
HIV treatment decreases the chances of infection after a prick from an infected needle (n = 903) | 53.6 |
HIV transmission from mother to child during pregnancy & labour can be prevented (n = 907) | 46.2 |