AIDS Knowledge Scale – Chinese Version

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Description

The information provided discusses various misconceptions and facts about AIDS and HIV. It covers transmission routes, demographics, treatment, and social attitudes towards the disease.

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1. 血友病患者可能会得艾滋病。 (Hemophiliacs can get AIDS.)
2. 艾滋病是种传染病。 (AIDS is an epidemic.)
3. 只有同性恋者才会得艾滋病。 (Only homosexuals get AIDS.)
4. 引起艾滋病的病毒叫做人类免疫缺陷病毒(HIV)。 (The virus that causes AIDS is called Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV).)
5. 室温下人体外的艾滋病病毒的传染性可以保持10天。 (The AIDS virus can remain infectious outside the body for up to ten days if it is at room temperature.)
6. 和艾滋病人共餐会导致人们感染艾滋病。 (One can get AIDS by sharing a meal with a person who has AIDS.)
7. 艾滋病患者不会得癌症。 (People who have AIDS do not develop cancer.)
8. 现在医院和献血中心的血液供应已经筛除了艾滋病病毒。 (Today blood supply in hospitals and blood donation centers is screened for AIDS virus.)
9. 艾滋病患者可能出现记忆和注意力受损以及运动神经方面的缺陷。 (Impaired memory and concentration and motor deficits may occur in some AIDS patients.)
10. 分享针管可能导致一个人感染艾滋病。 (One can get AIDS by sharing drug needles.)
11. 在艾滋病症状出现之前,艾滋病病人在人体内潜伏许多年。 (AIDS virus may live in the human body for years before symptoms appear.)
12. 接受艾滋病患者捐献的血液或精子可能导致一个人感染艾滋病。 (One can get AIDS from receiving blood or sperm from a donor who has AIDS.)
13. 人们在性交时使用安全套总是可以使自己免于感染艾滋病。 (By using a condom when having sex, one is always safe from contracting AIDS.)
14. HIV检测是一种血液检查，它可以检出一个人是否感染艾滋病。 (The HIV test is a blood test which can tell if a person has AIDS.)
15. 现在有治愈艾滋病的方法。 (There is a cure for AIDS.)
16. 艾滋病患者可能表现出极度的疲劳、虚汗、发烧、体重减轻、呕吐等。 (AIDS victims may show extreme tiredness, night sweats, fever, weight loss, diarrhea, etc.)
17. 和艾滋病感染者性交可能导致一个人感染艾滋病。 (One can get AIDS by having sexual intercourse with an infected person.)
18. 艾滋病通过打喷、咳嗽或接触传播。 (AIDS is spread by sneezing, coughing, or touching.)
19. AZT（叠氮胸苷）是唯一经过美国食品和药品管理局批准的用于治疗艾滋病的药物。 (AZT is the only drug approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of AIDS.)
20. 和静脉药物注射者进行性交可能导致一个人感染艾滋病。 (One can get AIDS by having sex with someone who uses intravenous drugs.)
21. 人们接触艾滋病患者用过的毛巾或床单可能感染艾滋病。 (AIDS can be spread by having contact with towels or bed linens used by a person with AIDS.)
22. 怀孕和/或母乳喂养可能导致感染者母亲把艾滋病病毒传染给婴儿。 (An infected mother can give the AIDS virus to the baby during pregnancy and/or through breastfeeding.)
23. 大约有400,000人感染HIV病毒。 (About 400,000 people in the United States are infected with the HIV virus.)
24. 黑人和西班牙裔显示出比其他种族更高的艾滋病发生率。 (Blacks and Hispanics show higher incidence rates of AIDS than other ethnic groups.)
25. 更多的女性被艾滋病病毒感染。 (More women than men have been infected by the AIDS virus.)

Keywords

AIDS, HIV, Transmission, Myths, Treatment, Demographics

Items in Chinese

1. 血友病患者可能会得艾滋病。
2. 艾滋病是种传染病。
3. 只有同性恋者才会得艾滋病。
4. 引起艾滋病的病毒叫做人类免疫缺陷病毒(HIV)。
5. 室温下人体外的艾滋病病毒的传染性可以保持10天。
6. 和艾滋病人共餐会导致人们感染艾滋病。
7. 艾滋病患者不会得癌症。
8. 现在医院和献血中心的血液供应已经筛除了艾滋病病毒。
9. 艾滋病患者可能出现记忆和注意力受损以及运动神经方面的缺陷。
10. 分享针管可能导致一个人感染艾滋病。
11. 在艾滋病症状出现之前,艾滋病病人在人体内潜伏许多年。
12. 接受艾滋病患者捐献的血液或精子可能导致一个人感染艾滋病。
13. 人们在性交时使用安全套总是可以使自己免于感染艾滋病。
14. HIV检测是一种血液检查，它可以检出一个人是否感染艾滋病。
15. 现在有治愈艾滋病的方法。
16. 艾滋病患者可能表现出极度的疲劳、虚汗、发烧、体重减轻、呕吐等。
17. 和艾滋病感染者性交可能导致一个人感染艾滋病。
18. 艾滋病通过打喷、咳嗽或接触传播。
19. AZT（叠氮胸苷）是唯一经过美国食品和药品管理局批准的用于治疗艾滋病的药物。
20. 和静脉药物注射者进行性交可能导致一个人感染艾滋病。
21. 人们接触艾滋病患者用过的毛巾或床单可能感染艾滋病。
22. 怀孕和/或母乳喂养可能导致感染者母亲把艾滋病病毒传染给婴儿。
23. 大约有400,000人感染HIV病毒。
24. 黑人和西班牙裔显示出比其他种族更高的艾滋病发生率。
25. 更多的女性被艾滋病病毒感染。

Items in English

1. Hemophiliacs can get AIDS.
2. AIDS is an epidemic.
3. Only homosexuals get AIDS.
4. The virus that causes AIDS is called Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV).
5. The AIDS virus can remain infectious outside the body for up to ten days if it is at room temperature.
6. One can get AIDS by sharing a meal with a person who has AIDS.
7. People who have AIDS do not develop cancer.
8. Today blood supply in hospitals and blood donation centers is screened for AIDS virus.
9. Impaired memory and concentration and motor deficits may occur in some AIDS patients.
10. One can get AIDS by sharing drug needles.
11. AIDS virus may live in the human body for years before symptoms appear.
12. One can get AIDS from receiving blood or sperm from a donor who has AIDS.
13. By using a condom when having sex, one is always safe from contracting AIDS.
14. The HIV test is a blood test which can tell if a person has AIDS.
15. There is a cure for AIDS.
16. AIDS victims may show extreme tiredness, night sweats, fever, weight loss, diarrhea, etc.
17. One can get AIDS by having sexual intercourse with an infected person.
18. AIDS is spread by sneezing, coughing, or touching.
19. AZT is the only drug approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of AIDS.
20. One can get AIDS by having sex with someone who uses intravenous drugs.
21. AIDS can be spread by having contact with towels or bed linens used by a person with AIDS.
22. An infected mother can give the AIDS virus to the baby during pregnancy and/or through breastfeeding.
23. About 400,000 people in the United States are infected with the HIV virus.
24. Blacks and Hispanics show higher incidence rates of AIDS than other ethnic groups.
25. More women than men have been infected by the AIDS virus.

References

DS Goh. The development and reliability of the Attitudes Toward AIDS Scale[J]. College Student Journal, 1992, 27:208-214. 陈海勇. 大学生艾滋病知识、态度、高危性行为的特点及其影响因素[D]. 2005.
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