AIDS knowledge and source of knowledge among college students in 15 provinces in China

Objective To investigate the awareness of AIDS knowledge among college students in 15 provinces in China,and to provide basic information for health intervention.Methods Undergraduate students were selected from 60 colleges in 15 provinces from municipalities and autonomous regions in China by multi-stage cluster sampling and were interviewed by questionnaires.Results The awareness on eight items of AIDS basic knowledge which provided to the public by the State (referred to the eight items) was 77.4%,showed significant differences in majors (P<0.01),living areas prior to the college (P=0.012) and relationship status (P<0.01).Compared to the students majoring Art,Science major (OR=1.324,95%CI=1.145-1.531) and Medicine major (OR =1.421,95%CI=1.204-1.678) were the promoting factors of the awareness of the eight items.Compared to unmarried and without lover,students with lover or married (OR =0.847,95%CI=0.750-0.957) had lower awareness of the eight items.AIDS knowledge from media and Internet (OR =0.702,95% CI=0.661-0.745) and knowledge from school were promoting factors,while AIDS knowledge from family (OR=1.242,95%CI=1.166-1.323) was risk factor for awareness of AIDS.Conclusion AIDS knowledge among college students is not sufficient.The publicity and education of AIDS prevention should be promoted through Internet and school settings,focusing on consciousness of self-protection among college students.