Knowledge of and attitudes to AIDS among Arab professionals in Israel

Faisal Azaiza; Adital Tirosh Ben-Ari

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Knowledge of and attitudes to AIDS among Arab professionals in Israel

Faisal Azaiza, Adital Tirosh Ben-Ari

School of Social Work

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While AIDS in Israel is not considered to be a pressing crisis, the aim of the research is to document and analyze what Arab professionals living in Israel know and how they feel about AIDS. The study also explores thoughts and feelings concerning AIDS-related education and training. This is the first scholarly attempt to investigate Israeli Arab professionals' attitudes and knowledge towards a stigmatized topic such as the AIDS epidemic. The study sample consists of 132 Arab professionals, including social workers, nurses and those working in various areas of education. Results indicate that professionals' knowledge scores were significantly higher than their attitude scores.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	327-340
Number of pages	14
Journal	International Social Work
Volume	40
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/002087289704000308
State	Published - Jul 1997

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Sociology and Political Science

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