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Attitudes of students towards individuals with HIV/AIDS : an investigation on the University of Zululand, KwaDlangezwa campus
(2001) Nyawose, Gugu.; Makunga, N.V.
The need to carry out research on attitudes towards people with HIV/AIDS stems from a concern about the increasing hostility and prejudice towards people with HIV/AIDS. The main purpose of this study was to examine the attitudes of tertiary education students towards people with HIV/AIDS. The study also intended to astain whether there are any gender difference in attitude of the sample towards individuals with HIV/AIDS. The questionnaire was administered to 286 students that were attending the University of Zululand. Likert Scale was used to measure the attitudes. The findings of the study was that the general attitude of students of Zululand University towards people with H1V7AIDS was positive. Another finding was that there were no differences between males and females attitude towards people with HTV/A1DS.