Aims To explore adolescents' knowledge, attitudes, and fears of HIV/AIDS and to examine relationships between these variables and demographic variables among female adolescents. Background HIV/AIDS is one of the major public health concerns all around the world, including India. Although the prevalence of HIV infection is low, it is still considered a high risk among Indian youth because of low and inaccurate HIV/AIDs knowledge, low condom usage and unsafe sexual practice, and lack of access to information. Methods A descriptive correlational design was used in this study. A convenience sample of 150 adolescents attending one of the girls' high schools completed demographic and HIV/AIDS knowledge and attitude questions in June 2018. The data was analyzed using descriptive statistics and Pearson-product–moment correlation coefficients. Results The majority of adolescents had a moderate degree of HIV/AIDS knowledge, however; many of them still had misconceptions about modes of HIV/AIDS transmission and prevention of HIV infection. Most of the adolescents had fairly positive attitudes and beliefs toward people with HIV/AIDS. About three-fourths of the participants were afraid of getting HIV/AIDS. The total HIV/AIDS knowledge was positively correlated with age (r = 0.288, p < .000), fathers' education (r = 0.235, p < .003), fear of getting HIV infection (r = 0.222, p < .005), and discussion about sexually transmitted diseases with parents (r = 0.195, p < .01). Conclusion The findings indicate a need for educating students on HIV/AIDS, which can be accomplished by incorporating information regarding HIV transmission and prevention into their school curriculum. School-based educational program could be beneficial.

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青少年与艾滋病毒/艾滋病相关的知识，态度和恐惧之间的关系。

目的探讨青少年对艾滋病毒/艾滋病的知识，态度和恐惧，并研究这些变量与女性青少年人口统计学变量之间的关系。背景技术HIV / AIDS是包括印度在内的世界范围内主要的公共卫生问题之一。尽管艾滋病毒感染率很低，但由于对艾滋病毒/艾滋病的了解不足和不准确，避孕套使用率低，不安全的性行为以及缺乏信息获取渠道，仍被认为是印度青年的高风险。方法采用描述性相关设计。便利的样本是150名就读于一所女子高中的青少年在2018年6月完成的人口统计学和HIV / AIDS知识和态度问题。使用描述性统计数据和Pearson乘积-矩相关系数对数据进行了分析。结果大多数青少年对艾滋病毒/艾滋病的了解程度中等。他们中的许多人仍然对艾滋病毒/艾滋病的传播方式和预防艾滋病毒感染有误解。大多数青少年对艾滋病毒/艾滋病患者持相当积极的态度和信念。大约四分之三的参与者担心感染艾滋病毒/艾滋病。总的艾滋病毒/艾滋病知识与年龄（r = 0.288，p <.000），父亲的受教育程度（r = 0.235，p <.003），害怕感染艾滋病毒（r = 0.222，p <.005）呈正相关。 ），并与父母讨论性传播疾病（r = 0.195，p <.01）。结论结论表明，需要对学生进行艾滋病毒/艾滋病教育，这可以通过将有关艾滋病毒传播和预防的信息纳入其学校课程中来实现。