Keywords
Students
Knowledge
Social stigma
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Abstract
Objective: To assess the knowledge about transmissibility, laboratory diagnosis and prevention of HIV/AIDS, stigmatizing attitudes of biomedicine course academics. Methods: Analytical cross-sectional study with students. Questionnaires: HIV-Knowledge Questionnaire (HIV-K-Q) and a semi-structured questionnaire were applied to assess stigmatizing and discriminatory attitudes towards People Living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA). Descriptive data analysis was performed. The Human Research Ethics Committee approved the study. Results: Sample of 104 individuals, the majority (73.1%) being female. In the self-assessment of knowledge on the subject, 53.5% classified it as sufficient, obtaining higher percentages of correct answers in items related to laboratory diagnosis and prevention methods, and lower for ethical attitudes and transmission of the disease. However, about stigmatizing attitudes >90% of students would be willing to work with PLWHA, it was verified that a minority had stigmas and prejudices. Conclusion: The students' knowledge about HIV/AIDS was satisfactory and there was no detection of a high proportion of stigmatizing attitudes.