Document 0031
 DOCN  M9470031
 TI    Association of demographic characteristics, knowledge, and worry about
       HIV infection with occupational and nonoccupational behaviors of medical
       students.
 DT    9409
 AU    Toennies LM; Zagumny MJ; Sorokin G; Tesch B; Medical College of
       Wisconsin.
 SO    Psychol Rep. 1994 Apr;74(2):587-93. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
       MED/94255598
 AB    The authors surveyed a sample of 132 medical students to assess their
       behaviors related to the risk of HIV infection. Scale measures were
       computed for survey questions relating to both occupational and
       nonoccupational behavior and also for questions relating to knowledge of
       any worry about HIV infection. Regression analysis to assess the
       influence of demographic characteristics, knowledge, and worry on
       occupational and nonoccupational behavior indicated that (1) medical
       students are more likely to implement behaviors to protect themselves
       from occupational exposure to HIV infection than from nonoccupational
       exposure and (2) students who worried more about HIV infection reported
       less at-risk occupational behavior. Implications of these findings for
       intervention efforts with medical students are addressed.
 DE    Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/*PREVENTION & CONTROL  Adult
       *Attitude to Health  Comparative Study  Female  Human  *HIV
       Seropositivity  Male  Occupational Exposure  Risk-Taking  Sex Behavior
       Students, Medical/*PSYCHOLOGY  JOURNAL ARTICLE

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