SURVEY OF AIDS RELATED KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDE AMONG RURAL RESIDENTS IN HENGYANG CITY

[Objective]To survey AIDS knowledge and attitudes toward AIDS among rural residents in Hengyang City.[Methods]Three villege residents were randomly selected from HengYang county?LeiYang city and HengNan county respectively,and 202 rural residents of the above the 3 villages in HengYang were investigated about AIDS knowledge and attitudes to AIDS suffer by investigators.[Results]The rate of knowing about route of transmission of AIDS was high,then the rate of know about non_route of transmission of AIDS was low;AIDS knowledge of the above three villege residents were learnt from television? broadcasts ?newspapers and magazines.88.5% persons had risk consciousness of AIDS;55.7% persons could treated AIDS patients correctly only.[Conclusion]The rate of know about AIDS of rural residents in HengYang City is high,but the knowledge of AIDS of them should be strengthened and broadened.The rural residents in HengYang City should learn more AIDS knowledge by media,and at the same time,the schools and medical worker should play an important role in health education.