Knowledge and Preventive Practices on HIV of Adolescents
HIV knowledge
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1.Have you ever heard of HIV ?
2.Have you ever received information on HIV? 3.Is HIV a bacteria? 4.Is HIV a virus? 5.Is HIV a heart/vascular problem? 6.Is HIV a growing problem in our country? 7.Can HIV be cured? 8.Can a healthy-looking person have a HIV? Knowledge about route of transmission 1.Can HIV be transmitted by sexual intercourse? 2.Can HIV be transmitted from mother to unborn child? 3.Can HIV be transmitted by sharing needle or syringe? 4.Can HIV be transmitted by blood transfusion? 5. Can HIV be transmitted by shaking hands with an infected person? 6. Can HIV be transmitted by eating and drinking from the same plate or glass of an HIV-positive person? 7.Can HIV be transmitted by wearing the same clothes of an HIV-positive person? Knowledge about prevention and control 1.HIV can be prevented by not sharing needles or syringe 2. Reducing unnecessary blood transfusions 3.Using condoms properly during sexual intercourse 4. HIV can be prevented by not sharing public swimming pools with an infected person 5.HIV can be prevented by avoiding mosquito bite 6.HIV can be avoided by remaining faithful to a
single partner 7. HIV transmission can be avoided by a blood test before marriage