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Misconceptions cause AIDS stigma in China - study

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2008-11-18 21:35

As many as 57.2 percent of young respondents, aged between 15-24, said they did not know how to use condoms correctly.

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Schwartlander said this was a "worrying contradiction between knowledge and behavior.

"Though people know that HIV can be transmitted through unprotected sex many still do not protect themselves with a condom when engaging in risky behavior," he said.

About half of the interviewees believed that HIV/AIDS was a serious problem in China, but 88 percent regarded their personal risk of contracting HIV as zero.

The survey also suggested that Chinese need to get more information about HIV tests. Nearly 42 percent of migrant workers, who are usually considered as running a higher risk of contracting HIV, said they have no idea where they can receive health checks.

A total of 57 percent said they had never talked about HIV/AIDS with their relatives, friends, schoolmates or colleagues.

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