SOCIAL DIMENSIONS OF REPONSE AND AWARENESS TO HIV AND AIDS

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KNOWLEDGE AND AWARENESS

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I am aware of AIDS or of HIV- Human Immunodeficiency Virus that
causes AIDS.
I am aware of the effect of HIV/ AIDS.
I am aware of the causes of HIV/ AIDS.
Abstaining from sex fully protects you from being infected.
Using condoms gives you complete protection to the virus.
Having sex with commercial sex workers increases your risk of infection.
Having sex with homosexuals’ increases your risk of infection.
Kissing increases your risk of infection.
Mosquitoes can transmit the virus from people to people.
Blood transfusions can transmit the virus from people to people.
Unsterilized needles and injections can transmit the virus from people to
people.
Kissing can transmit the virus from people to people.
Utensils used by the infected person must not be used.
Razors and other blades used by the infected person must not be used.
A mother can transmit the virus to her baby.
A person infected with HIV look healthy.
I know that there a treatment for HIV.
I know that there is a cure for AIDS.
Someone can die from AIDS.
Survival is very minimal for HIV/ AIDS- infected person.
STIGMA AND DISCRIMINATION
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People with HIV don’t deserve to be respected.
People with HIV should be ashamed of their selves.
People infected with HIV should be expelled from their community.
People infected with HIV should isolate themselves.
People infected with HIV have many sexual partners.

1. What are the things do you think the government is doing to address the problem?
2. If you know someone with HIV or AIDS, what is going to be your treatment towards them?