Abstract
Knowledge, Attitude and Health Behavior of Dental Students towards HIV Patients
Highlights
Tice.[3]. The aim of the study was to determine the amount of knowledge, attitude and behavior of dental students in Mosul University towards AIDS/human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) patients
Table (2 and 3) display the general and oral knowledge of the students, it can be observed that the students in the fourth stage exhibited the greatest knowledge concerning general knowledge with a mean of 6.54 and 6.13 for males and females respectively, their knowledge of oral manifestations and other related conditions to AIDS was the highest compared to other students with a mean of 6.00 and 6.62 for males and females respectively, this is in contrast to the results obtained in other studies[2,3], which concluded that as the level of study increased, knowledge increased
Figure [2] shows the place that an AIDS patient should be treated in according to the students opinion, (65.9%) of the students stated that an AIDS patient should be referred to a supporting group to provide him with dental treatment, (25.9%) thought that he should be treated in a public dental facility while only (8.2%) stated that he should be treated at a private dental clinic, Some studies found that increased knowledge of issues concerning HIV has led to increased willingness by dentists to treat HIV infected patients[4,15] and in this regard, health care professionals and university professors in the health care area have an important participation, because they are responsible for educating their students and other professionals
Summary
The Human Immune Deficiency Syndrom (AIDS) have profoundly affected every aspect of the public health sector, with the virus extending throughout the world , global estimates indicated that over 40 million people are infected, of these 25.3 million live in Sub– Saharan Africa and 4.7 million are living in South Africa, it is estimated that one fourth of a million South Africans will die of AIDS each year and this figure may rise up to half a million by the end of the year 2008.(1) The possibility of HIV transmission in the oral health care setting is very rare, the oral health care environment has become a helpful setting for early detection, as most lesions are present orally during the first stages of the disease, willingness to treat patients with HIV / AIDS appears to be related to the knowledge of the disease process, its oral manifestation and modes of transmission, influencing health care workers attitudes and behavior towards management of such patient.[2]. The aim of the study was to determine the amount of knowledge, attitude and behavior of dental students in Mosul University towards AIDS/HIV patients
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