@ARTICLE{Reza Mirnejad, author = {Reza Mirnejad, and Jalal Kiani, and Farhad Jeddi, and Farshid Alaedini, and }, title = {Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Iran University of Medical Sciences Students about AIDS }, volume = {21}, number = {56}, abstract ={Background: Young people are most at risk of acquiring AIDS worldwide. It seems to be that proper education and knowledge about prevention methods is the most effective method for reducing the risk of HIV infection among this group. Objectives: The aim of this survey was to elucidate the degrees of proper knowledge, attitude, and responses of Iran University of Medical Sciences students towards AIDS in 1385-86 Material-Methods: The study subjects consisted of 4237 students, 425 of them were selected randomly based on each school student population. A questionnaire was filled out for each student. It consisted of questions regarding demographic data, knowledge, attitude, and other performance questions. Data were collected by self-administered questionnaires and analyzed by SPSS software Results: Most students in different grades and in different schools had high levels of knowledge (above 60%) about AIDS and its transmission routes. Among them, medical students had the highest level of knowledge (p }, URL = {http://ijn.iums.ac.ir/article-1-226-en.html}, eprint = {http://ijn.iums.ac.ir/article-1-226-en.pdf}, journal = {Iran Journal of Nursing}, doi = {}, year = {2009} }