MAIEUTIC SENSITIZATION PROGRAM ON LEVEL OF KNOWLEDGE REGARDING HIV/AIDS AND PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV AMONG HEALTH CARE STUDENTS

Latha Mangeswari Chinnasamy; Akila Muthukrishnan; Pushpamala Ramaiah; Hariprasath Pandurangan; Afnan A Albokhary; Badria A Elfaki; Nimmy Francis

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MAIEUTIC SENSITIZATION PROGRAM ON LEVEL OF KNOWLEDGE REGARDING HIV/AIDS AND PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV AMONG HEALTH CARE STUDENTS

Author: Latha mangeswari Chinnasamy ¹ ; Akila Muthukrishnan ² ; Pushpamala Ramaiah ³ ; Hariprasath Pandurangan ⁴ ; Afnan A. Albokhary ⁵ ; Badria A Elfaki ⁶ ; Nimmy Francis ⁷
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1. Assistant Professor, College of Nursing, Riyadh ELM University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
2. Assistant Professor, College of Pharmacy and Nursing, University of Nizwa, Oman
3. Professor, Faculty of Nursing, Umm al-Qura University, Makah, Saudi Arabia
4. Assistant Professor, Amity College of Nursing, Amity University, Haryana
5. Assistant Professor, Faculty of Nursing, Umm al-Qura University, Makah, Saudi Arabi
6. Assistant Professor, Faculty of Nursing, Umm al-Qura University, Makah, Saudi Arabia and Al Neelain University, Khartoum Sudan
7. Lecturer, Josco College of Nursing, Kerala.
Publication Type:Journal Article
Keywords: Healthcare; Level of Knowledge; Human Immunodeficiency Virus; Deficiency Syndrome; Maieutic Sensitization Program
From:ASEAN Journal of Psychiatry 2021;22(8):1-10
CountryMalaysia
Language:English
Abstract: Background:Lack of health education could potentially become a crucial risk factor in preventing Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)/Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS). Globally it does not have any cure, and no effective vaccines are available. The study aimed to assess the effect of the maieutic sensitization Program on the Level of Knowledge Regarding HIV/AIDS and People Living with HIV (PLHIV) among Health Care Students (HCS) in India.
Materials and Methods:A quantitative study with an evaluative approach of randomized controlled trial design with study group and control group of 600 students from first-year Bachelor of Dental Science (BDS) and Basic B.Sc. Nursing. HIV knowledge questionnaire 30 explored the level of knowledge regarding HIV/AIDS and PLHIV with the probability multistage cluster random sampling technique. The collected data were analysed using SPSS.
Results:Comparing the level of knowledge of 600 health care students between the study and control groups during the pre-test had no statistically significant difference at p=0.62 level. In post-test I and II, the number of students who had adequate knowledge in the study group was more than that in the control group (51% vs. 34%) and (83.6% vs. 57%), respectively.
Conclusion:Based on the present study's statistical evidence, the Maieutic Sensitization Program (MSP) was influential on HIV/AIDS and PLHIV among health care students in the study group than the control group who did not receive the study MSP.
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