Assessment and upgrading of knowledge and attitudes among nurses and university graduates towards AIDS

This study aimed to assess and upgrade the level of knowledge and attitudes towards AIDS among nurses and university graduates (U.G.). The study used pre-test, post-test with no control group design. It was done over a period from January 1995 to July 1996. Four hundred and thirty four nurses and 244 U.G. were subjected to baseline questionnaire and health education lecture about mean score of knowledge and attitudes were significantly improved from pre to post-lecture among both groups (p=0.0001). There were no significant differences in the levels of knowledge and attitudes pre and post-lecture between the two studied groups, or participants' sex (p>O.05). There were statistically significant differences between married and single participants with high levels among married (p=0.003). Logistic regression analysis showed that marriage was the strongest predictor variable of good knowledge score (> or =75%).