Republic of the Philippines

SCHOOL OF OUR LADY OF ATOCHA, INC.

Magsaysay, Alicia, Isabela
A.Y. 2019 – 2020
As part of the research study entitled “PREVENTION THAN CURE: A Study About the
HIV Awareness of High School Students from the School of Our Lady of Atocha, Inc.,” the
following survey questionnaire aims to assess the awareness of the respondents regarding HIV.
Kindly answer the following questions to the best of your ability to ensure accurate findings. All
information will be kept confidential. Thank you for your time and cooperation.
SEAN PATRICK B. RAZO
Researcher

Age: ______ Sex: Male Female Grade level: 7 8 9 10 11 12

Instruction. Shade the circle of your corresponding answers.
I. GENERAL INFORMATION
A. Basic Knowledge
1. Have you ever heard of AIDS or of 6. Can a person infected with HIV look
HIV? healthy?
Yes Yes
No No
2. If yes, through which sources did 7. Have you ever heard about
you hear about HIV or AIDS? Voluntary Counseling and Testing
(Choose three) for HIV?
Radio Yes
Television No
Billboard or Hand bills 8. Have you ever heard about
Newspaper/Magazine Antiretroviral drugs for HIV/AIDS?
Family Member Yes
Doctor or Nurses No
Infected persons 9. Antiretroviral drugs can cure
Community Leaders HIV/AIDS.
School Yes
Church No
Friends 10. Antiretroviral drugs can prolong the
Other (Specify): life of the people infected with
________________ HIV/AIDS
3. If you heard about HIV or AIDS Agree
from a family member, who did you Disagree
hear from? 11. Are you aware of any programs from
Parent the Municipality of Alicia that are
Siblings intended to help prevent infection
Other (Specify): with HIV/AIDS?
_______________ Yes
4. Can someone die from AIDS? No
Yes 12. If YES, have you had any direct
No contact with any of these local HIV
5. Is there a cure for AIDS? prevention programs
Yes Yes
No No
B. Advanced Knowledge
1. What does HIV stand for?
Human Internal Virulence
Homosexual Integration Virus
Human Immunodeficiency Virus
Hidden Integration Virus
2. About how many people are
currently infected with HIV
worldwide?
4 million
25 million
37 million
50 million
3. AIDS is a sexually transmitted
disease.
True
False
4. What is AIDS in reference to HIV?
AIDS is a disease immediately
contracted upon HIV
AIDS is a late stage HIV
AIDS and HIV are both viruses
AIDS and HIV are both diseases
5. HIV can only be transmitted sexually
True
False
6. What does the HIV virus do to the
human body?
HIV directly causes a fatal
pneumonia infection
HIV targets and attacks genital
and reproductive organs
HIV targets and attacks the
immune system
HIV attacks the heart muscle and
leads to cases of cardiomyopathy
7. Testing for HIV is most accurate…
Immediately after you think you
may have contracted the virus
About 2 – 4 weeks after you may
have contracted the virus
About 3 – 6 months after you
may have contracted the virus
About 2 – 3 years after you may
have contracted the virus
8. The Risk of HIV transmission is
greatest
Within 3 months after initial
infection
6 months to 1 year after initial
infection
2 – 3 years after initial infection
An HIV infected person is prone
to the same rate of infection,
regardless of time after infection
9. Condoms are approximately how
effective in preventing HIV
transmission
69%
36%
57%
98%
10. The majority of the world’s HIV
infected population resides in…
The Middle East
The United States0
Sub-Saharan America
South Asia
II. MODES OF TRANSMISSION / PREVENTION
YES NO NOT SURE

1. Social awareness prevents spread of HIV

2. Once infected with HIV, can patients transfer the
virus at all stages?
3. HIV spreads by sharing food or utensils
4. HIV spreads by being near HIV infected people
5. HIV spreads by shaking hands with HIV infected
people
6. HIV spreads by hugging HIV infected people

7. HIV spreads by spreads by mosquito bites

8. HIV spreads by sharing needle with HIV patients

9. HIV spreads by blood transfusion

10. HIV spreads from infected mother to child

11. HIV spreads by sexual contact with infected
person
12. HIV spreads by saliva

13. Condoms prevent the spread of HIV

14. There is definitive treatment for HIV

15. Abstaining from sex prevents spread of HIV