Medical-scientific knowledge |
m = 77.8 |
1. AIDS means Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome |
99.0 |
2. Today, most scientists believe that AIDS is caused by a virus called Human Immunodeficiency Virus |
88.2 |
3. Most people who have AIDS are usually cured |
97.1 |
4. A baby from an HIV-carrying mother can get AIDS |
87.3 |
5. HIV circulates in the blood |
96.1 |
6. Most people with HIV are sick with AIDS |
62.7 |
8. HIV appears in semen |
93.1 |
9. The number of men and women infected with HIV will likely be lower in coming years than today |
33.3 |
10. AIDS decreases the body’s ability to resist diseases |
99.0 |
12. A negative test for HIV antibodies means the person is likely to have AIDS |
93.1 |
15. If an HIV test is negative it means that the person has AIDS |
96.1 |
16. People with AIDS can therefore contract other diseases |
94.1 |
17. You can die of AIDS if you get the disease |
36.3 |
20. People with AIDS get pneumonia more easily than the average person |
93.1 |
26. Sheepskin condoms are better than latex condoms for HIV prevention |
94.1 |
31. One positive HIV test is enough to make sure you are infected) |
46.1 |
33. A vaccine has recently been developed that immunizes people against HIV |
91.2 |
34. Even if someone looks healthy, an infected partner can transmit HIV |
97.1 |
35. If you’re really healthy, exercise can protect you from HIV infection |
98.0 |
36. If the person you’re having sex with has already tested negative for HIV, that means you’re not infected.) |
85.3 |
38. Better than using only the condom is using it with a spermicide |
67.6 |
39. One can become infected with HIV, and then get AIDS through an injury or an open wound |
37.3 |
41. If you have a false positive test for HIV, it means you are infected |
81.4 |
Myths about transmission |
m = 82 |
11. There are people who have been infected with HIV and got AIDS by sitting in public toilets |
85.3 |
23. There are people who have been infected by HIV by swimming in a pool used by someone who had AIDS |
96.1 |
25. There are people who have been infected with HIV and contracted AIDS because they kissed a person who was infected |
74.5 |
27. Soon after being infected with HIV, it is customary for people to become very ill with AIDS |
80.4 |
29. There are people who have been infected with HIV and contracted AIDS through insect bites |
84.3 |
32. Pregnant women are protected from HIV |
98.0 |
37. There are people who have been infected with HIV because they went to eat at a restaurant where one of the employees had AIDS. |
97.1 |
43. One can become infected with HIV, and then get AIDS by donating blood |
25.5 |
45. You can become infected with HIV while taking the HIV test |
97.0 |
Knowledge about high-risk behaviors and preventive behaviors |
m = 91.3 |
7. Sex workers have a low probability of being infected with HIV |
98.0 |
13. If you have sex with only one person in a lifetime, you can still get HIV |
96.1 |
14. Even though they may lie to you, it’s always a good idea to ask the person you’re having sex with about their sexual past |
100 |
18. Men are more likely to be infected by HIV infection if they have sex with women than if they have sex with men |
99.0 |
19. Condom use reduces the likelihood of being infected with HIV |
98.0 |
21. Women are more likely to become infected with HIV if they have sex with a strictly heterosexual man than with a bisexual man |
93.1 |
22. It is safe to have sex without a condom with a person who uses injectable drugs, as long as you do not inject yourself |
100.0 |
24. Anyone, regardless of race, can be infected with HIV |
98.0 |
28. Whether you get HIV depends more on whether you have safe sex than on the type of group you belong to |
86.3 |
30. Is it safer not to have sex than having sex using a condom |
54.9 |
40. There is no danger of being infected with HIV and contracting AIDS if you have oral sex without a condom |
93.1 |
44. People who use alcohol and drugs such as marijuana, cocaine and “crack” are more likely not to practice safe sex |
79.4 |