Abstract
<i>Background</i>: Midwives were a special group of nurses whose jobs were to assist obstetricians in ensuring the safety of mothers and newborns. It was important that their high knowledge of preventing human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) transmission for preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV. In order to understand and strengthen their knowledge of HIV and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). When the new students of midwive first came to college the study of ther wareness for HIV was carried out. <i>Objective</i>: The main aim of this study was to understand the awareness rate and provide basis of health education about the AIDS among new students of midwive. <i>Materials and Methods</i>: 146 new students of midwives were surveyed about the knowledge of AIDS with questionnaire survey method. <i>Result</i>: Findings revealed that knowledge level of AIDS were low among the new students of midwives. <i>Conclusion and Recommendation</i>: Learning of sexual knowledge and HIV/AIDS should be strengthened for the new students of midwives. The curriculum about HIV/AIDS knowledge should be specially set up.
Highlights
acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) was a serious human immunodeficiency disease caused by infection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
143/146 (97.94%) midwife students knew that AIDS was an infectious disease, only1/146 (0.58%) student can wrote HIV and AIDS word correctly
The abbreviation (AIDS) of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome was known to be 26/146 (17.80%), 25/146 (17.12%) Knew how AIDS was transmitted. 35/146 (23.97%) Knew that the incidence of AIDS had increased in recent years in China. 12/146 (8.22%) Knew that the AIDS cannot transmitted by mosquito biting. 10/146 (6.85%) Knew that the AIDS cannot transmitted by swimming and squatting in the toilet. 15/146 (10.2%) Knew that AIDS cannot be transmitted through shaking hands and eating together. 8/146 (5.4 8%) Knew that the AIDS cannot transmitted by kissing. 86/146 (58.90%) knew HIV can be transmitted to the fetus through the mother's placenta and infant through the mother's milk. 1/146 (0.58%) Knew that women infected with HIV can get pregnant after intervention with anti-HIV drugs. (Table 1)
Summary
AIDS was a serious human immunodeficiency disease caused by infection with HIV. The three ways of AIDS transmission were sexual transmission, blood transmission and mother-to-child transmission. If the midwife had a wealth of knowledge about the pathogens, transmission routes, and hazards of HIV/AIDS and how to prevent and block the transmission of AIDS, it was of great significance to block mother-to-child transmission among the three transmission routes of AIDS. It was important that their high knowledge of preventing human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) transmission for preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV. When the new students of midwive first came to college the study of ther wareness for HIV was carried out. Result: Findings revealed that knowledge level of AIDS were low among the new students of midwives. Conclusion and Recommendation: Learning of sexual knowledge and HIV/AIDS should be strengthened for the new students of midwives. The curriculum about HIV/AIDS knowledge should be specially set up
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