Abstract: Nowadays; estimated number of HIV patients approximately 36 million worldwide, South Africa is in the top of the list having the highest prevalence of AIDS patients in the world which is approximately 5.6 million (18% of the population of South Africa), in Saudi Arabia, the first case of AIDS was in 1984, the estimated number of AIDS patients in 2010 is 13926 (3538 citizens) which is considered to be lower than average worldwide.
Objectives: This study aim to study the level of awareness AIDS/HIV among Saudi citizens in Saudi Arabia and to increase the level of awareness of AIDS/HIV, and to evaluate the level of awareness of HIV among Saudi citizens.
Method: This study was carried out in November 2012 among three college (college of Business Administration / college of science / college of Arabic language) in Al Imam Mohammed bin Saud Islamic university in Saudi Arabia .The data were gathered by a self-administered questionnaire consisting of twenty questions with Three options (yes, no, I do not know).
Conclusion: The study has brought into light some of the important issues about awareness levels among Imam Mohammad bin Saud Universities' Students and the action strategies needed for making them aware and in changing their attitudes toward HIV\AIDS Because HIV infection is a dynamic process and could change as a function of time, more and more similar studies targeted at Students Particularly at IMBSU are needed at regular intervals to test the results of the preventive measures & efficacy of the existing policies.
Keywords: Awareness of AIDS/HIV.
Title: Awareness of HIV/AIDS among Saudi Community in 2012
Author: Dr. Abdullah Al Rabeah, Faisal Sager Nitool Alanazi, Khaled Ali AlGhamdi, Ziyad Abdulrhman Alrazoq, Khalid Abdulrahman Alghannam
International Journal of Healthcare Sciences
ISSN 2348-5728 (Online)
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