The alarming figures come from the UK: a recent study found that one in five respondents did not know that HIV can be transmitted through unprotected sex.
There are groups within the population some serious differences in knowledge: During a total of one in five respondents did not know that unprotected sex between men can lead to infection, it was among respondents from Africa or the Caribbean, every second.
Of particular concern: Since 2007, the number that has doubled, who believe that HIV through kissing or spitting can be transferred. Nearly ten percent of the respondents consider that a possibility of becoming infected with the virus. In return, knew less than half of respondents said that the HIV virus can be transmitted by sharing syringes and needles.
Almost half of respondents believed that there was no way that an HIV-positive mother takes a non-infected child. In the meantime, but that is possible in 99 percent of cases. Overall, only thirty percent of the respondents knew the correct infection possibilities.
It appears that stigmatization of people with HIV in the UK to be overcome slow: Two out of three respondents said, compassion for HIV-positive people to have. Almost three quarters felt infected should receive equal respect and support, such as cancer. Only eleven percent have no sympathy for people with HIV. For positives, which had been infected through unprotected sex, but this figure rises to 30 percent.
The National AIDS Trust has carried out the survey for the fourth time. A total of 1944 people were interviewed.
Source: GGG.at
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