TY - JFULL AU - Anjan Saikia PY - 2015/6/ TI - Awareness of Students and Teachers towards AIDS and AIDS Education T2 - International Journal of Medical and Health Sciences SP - 1495 EP - 1500 VL - 9 SN - 1307-6892 UR - https://publications.waset.org/pdf/10001319 PU - World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology NX - Open Science Index 101, 2015 N2 - 600 schools going adolescents and 100 teachers from 16 schools of Dhemaji and Lakhimpur district of Assam, India were surveyed to assess and compare their awareness regarding AIDS and AIDS Education. An awareness test was administered containing 38 items for adolescents and 40 items for teachers in the test. Observations revealed that the majority of school-going adolescents are poor in their HIV/AIDS and AIDS education awareness. It shows that the school going adolescents of Dhemaji district are better in HIV/AIDS and AIDS education awareness than the school going adolescents of Lakhimpur district while comparing the gender, settlement, steam and district wise variables. ER -