HIV/AIDS remains one of the world’s most significant public health challenges,
particularly in low and middle-income region. China has witnessed a
moderate effect of global HIV/AIDS endemic for which HIV/AIDS awareness
and prevention program have been developed and conducted. In China the
university students are among the affected target population because of the
recent development of casual attitude towards sex, the rapid economic revolution
and degradation of traditional value. The purpose of this paper is to describe
HIV/AIDS knowledge, attitudes, and practice and identify personal risk
behaviors among students in China. Selection of the articles suitable for the
review was done from 2007 to 2016 on the basis of their study regarding
HIV/AIDS in accordance with different students of schools, undergraduate
and postgraduate study. Knowledge of the students is accordance with their
education level while attitude have no relation with the knowledge and still
there is unsafe sexual practice present among students. Although students
have good knowledge regarding HIV/AIDS, they have still negative attitude
towards HIV/AIDS patients. There are still misconceptions especially concerning
mosquitos and kissing as routes of transmission of HIV. There is difficulty
in separating HIV from AIDS by many students. Due to insufficient
knowledge regarding HIV/AIDS among school students many of them believe
that there is a medicine that can cure HIV/AIDS. Comparatively Students are
more focused on knowledge regarding HIV/AIDS rather than developing and
maintaining safe sexual behavior among the students. We believe that the review
will help to focus further into the more effective attitude based implementation
of knowledge and practice among Chinese students.
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