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Students’ Knowledge, Attitudes, and Beliefs about AIDS: A Cross-Cultural Study

Wasileh Petro-Nustas, ScD, RN

The Hashemite University

Anahid Kulwicki, DNSc, RN

Oakland University

Arwa F. Zumout, MSc, RN

University of Jordan

This exploratory, comparative study was conducted to assess and compare the knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs toward AIDS between a group of Jordanian and a group of American students. A convenience sample consisting of 126 senior BSN (bachelor’s of nursing) students, 63 from a university in Jordan and 63 from a university in Michigan, was selected for this study. A self-administered structured questionnaire was utilized. The questionnaire consisted of three parts: knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs toward AIDS in both cultures. Descriptive and inferential statistical analyses were used. The results indicated that the American students’ responses concerning knowledge of HIV/AIDS were significantly greater (M = 73%) in comparison with Jordanian students’ (M = 52%). The American students also reported more positive attitudes toward AIDS than those of their Jordanian counterparts. In terms of prevention of the spread of HIV/AIDS, more American students (82.5%) approved of the use of condoms as a precautionary measure toward the spread of the disease when compared to Jordanian students.

Journal of Transcultural Nursing, Vol. 13, No. 2, 118-125 (2002)
DOI: 10.1177/104365960201300204
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