Iranian school students’ awareness of and attitude towards HIV/AIDS: a systematic review

Figures & data

Figure 1. The flow diagram of the sample selection procedure

Table 1. Analysis of the literature on school students’ awareness and attitude

								Results
				Variable				Awareness *		Attitude
Author	Educational level	Gender	Publication	Knowledge	Attitude	Type Of Study	Sample Size	Appropriate	Inappropriate	Positive	Neutral	Negative
Ghojavand et al.	High school	Boys = 130, Girls = 120	2013	*	*	Cross Sectional	250	84.4	15.6	74.8	-	25.2
Mazlomi et al.	High school	Boys = 1138, Girls = 1008	2006	*	*	Cross Sectional	2146	35.2	64.8	36.3	31.3	32.4
Hadi And Mirzaei	High school	Boys = 276, Girls = 316	2010	*	-	Cross Sectional	592	3.3	96.7	N/R	N/R	N/R
Fadaei et al.	High school	Boys = 258, Girls = 242	2010	*	*	Cross Sectional	500	47.6	52.4	19	33	48
Sarahroodi And Jahanbakhsh Sefidi	Primary School	Boys = 115, Girls = 482	2009	*	-	Cross Sectional	597	46.46	53.54	N/R	N/R	N/R
Movahed And Shoaa	High school	Boys = 238, Girls = 367	2010	*	*	Cross Sectional	600	18.8	81.2	15.4	69.8	14.9
Behjati and Ayatollahi	High school	Boys = 200, Girls = 200	2005	*	-	Cross Sectional	400	23.5	76.5	N/R	N/R	N/R
Tavoosi et al.	High school	Boys = 2553, Girls = 2088	2004	*	*	Cross Sectional	4641	84.14	15.86	75.75	-	24.25
Yazdi et al.	High school	Boys = 559, Girls = 668	2006	*	*	census	1227	16	84	64.2	-	35.8
Abdeyazdan and Sadeghi	High school	N/R	2008	*	*	Cross Sectional	350	60.2	39.8	23.4	68.6	8
Boroumand Nasab et al.	Pre-university School	Boy	2015	*	-	Cross Sectional	300	40.8	59.2	N/R	N/R	N/R
Gholami-tabar et al.	High school	Boys = 255, Girls = 249	2013	*	*	Cross Sectional	504	22.25	77.75	51.9	-	48.1
Sayede Sani	High school	Boys = 1138, Girls = 1008	2008	*	*	Cross Sectional	384	49.7	50.3	83.6	-	16.4

N/R = Not Reported, * appropriate; correct answers to 60–100% of questions of knowledge and Inappropriate; less than 60% correct answers to questions of knowledge.

Figure 2. Students’ different levels of awareness and attitude of AIDS in the results of the related literature

Table 2. Modes transmission as reported by the studies (%). response to the question by which of the following ways can HIV*/AIDS** be transmitted?

Mode	Correct answers	Sarahroodi And Jahanbakhsh Sefidi	Tavoosi et al.	Yazdi et al.	Gholami-tabar et al.	Ghojavand et al.	Mazlomi et al.	Hadi And Mirzaei	Fadaei et al.	Number of papers	Percent choosing correct answer
Heterosexual	Yes	14.5	96	90	N/R	84.8	86	97.7	91.2	7	80.02
Blood transfusion	Yes	63.6	94	N/R	N/R	83.2	84.9	97.8	94.4	6	86.31
Using shared needles	Yes	49.1	93	94	N/R	76.8	N/R	98.1	95.4	6	84.4
Homosexual	Yes	11.1	N/R	73	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	2	42.05
In-utero mother-to-child transmission	Yes	14.1	83	92	N/R	72.8	78.9	97.1	88	7	75.12
Using shared tattoo instruments	Yes	23.2	81	90	81.4	N/R	N/R	N/R	69.2	5	68.96
Shaking hands	No	84.4	91	14	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	82.2	4	67.9
Sneezing and coughing	No	80.8	77	N/R	N/R	N/R	90.4	N/R	67.4	4	78.9
Using shared dentistry instruments	Yes	N/R	74	83	23.1	N/R	72	N/R	N/R	4	63.02
Sharing a toothbrush	Yes	N/R	N/R	80	93.6	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	2	84.53
Sharing Clothing	Yes	N/R	N/R	93	N/R	N/R	93.3	N/R	N/R	2	93.15
Shared toiletries	Yes	30.5	N/R	58	64.5	N/R	84.3	N/R	N/R	4	59.32
Swimming in public swimming pool	No	N/R	79	31	N/R	N/R	89.8	N/R	63.6	4	65.85
Using public toilets	No	N/R	80	16	N/R	N/R	91.8	N/R	68.8	4	64.15

N/R = Not Reported

Figure 3. Flow chart of modes transmission as reported by the studies (per cent choosing the correct answer)