Objective To understand the current status of knowledge, attitude and practice(KAP) of occupational exposure to acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS)in medical college students in Qinghai and provide evidences to promote health education in this group.
Methods A total of 750 students were recruited by a stratified cluster sampling design in a medical college in Qinghai. A questionnaire was used to collect information on occupational exposure to AIDS, occupational protection, education needs and personal career building.
Results The highest score rate (32.5%)was found in answering to proper handling protocol after occupational exposure to AIDS. The lowest score (2.72%) was given to the estimated occupational exposure level. Training year significantly affected the score(P<0.05). The junior students showed the highest score and the freshmen the lowest score. The knowledge score was also varied in different academic majors (P<0.05). The students of clinic medicine showed the highest score, but the clinic laboratory and radiological imaging students had the lowest score. 7.8% of students contacted AIDS patients in their clinic practice, 21.0% did not have training on AIDS, 8.4% had trained on occupational exposure and protection to AIDS, 10.5% had been trained related topics but did not remember well and 78.0% of students wanted further related educations. 25.6% of students showed interests in AIDS related medical and preventive career.
Conclusion The in vestigation suggested that medical college students did not have sufficient training on occupational exposure to AIDS and showed low in terests to AIDS related medical and preventive career in the future.
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