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