Knowledge and attitudes towards AIDS among Saudi and non-Saudi bus drivers.

East Mediterr Health J

Department of Family and Community Medicine, College of Medicine and Medical Sciences, King Khalid University, Abha, Saudi Arabia.

Published: November 2002

We explored the AIDS knowledge and attitudes of long-distance (non-Saudi) and in-city (Saudi) bus drivers in Saudi Arabia. The 69 non-Saudi drivers tended to score higher on knowledge than the 40 Saudi drivers although there were several gaps in their knowledge. As regards attitude, more Saudis knew that chastity could protect against AIDS and both groups tended to think that they were not the kind of people to get AIDS. Intensive health education and follow up is highly recommended for this sector of workers.

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