Risk Perception About HIV Among University Students in One of the Last Hotspots for HIV Transmission in Europe.

ABSTRACT:

Background

HIV testing in the Northern Kosovo province is challenging, because the infrastructure is being rebuilt after the ethnic conflict. The purpose of this research was to examine self-perceived risk for acquiring HIV infection and factors associated with risk assessment among university students.

Methods

Students completed a questionnaire on socio-demographic data, knowledge about HIV prevention and transmission, attitudes toward people living with (PLHIV) and self-perceived risk for HIV infection. The self-perceived risk was categorized as low, unknown and high.

Results

The majority of students (72.5%) assessed their risk as low, 8.5% assessed their risk as high and 19.1% did not know their risk. Compared to low self-perceived risk, high self-perceived HIV ris

SUBMITTER: Milic M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10686924 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature