ارتباط بین خودکارآمدی با آگاهی، حساسیت، شدت و منافع درک شده نسبت به رفتارهای پیشگیرانه ایدز در دانشجویان دانشگاه علوم پزشکی کرمان در سال 1390

F. Balali Meybodi[1], S.V. Ahmadi Tabatabaei[2], M .Hasani[3]   Received: 17/09/2013 Sent for Revision: 06/11/2013 Received Revised Manuscript: 15/01/2014  Accepted: 01/03/2014   Background and Objective: AIDS is one of the most serious and fatal infectious diseases. The self-efficacy of preventive behaviors can be effective in promoting health and controlling the major problems of the world. This study was carried out to find the relationship between self-efficacy and perceptiveness, benefits and severity in regard to adopting AIDS  preventive behaviours among university students. Materials and Methods: This study was done with 296 students in Kerman University of Medical Sciences  who were enrolled into this cross-sectional descriptive-analytic study by stratified random sampling in 2011. Data were collected by a questionnaire including demographic part, awareness-testing questions and constructs of perceived susceptibility, severity, benefits and self-efficacy. Judgment criteria for ranking the participants were levels of responding  less than 50% and over 75%. Data analysis was performed using independent t test, ANOVA, x2 test and Pearson correlation coefficient. Results: 44.7% of the self-efficacy score, 58.8% of the knowledge score and 80.3% of perceived benefits score of students were assessed as suitable levels. While only 3.5% of sensitivity score and less than 1% of perceived severity score were in good levels. Self-efficacy score showed significant relationship with gender (p=0.004), perceived awareness (p=0.001) and perceived benefits (p=0.000) while, it released no significant relationship with age, field of study, marital status and perceived susceptibility and severity (p>0.05). Conclusion: It seems that it will have useful results to pay attention to the role of awareness and perceived benefits in order to increasing self-efficacy of participants. It is recommended in future studies should examine the relationship between these structures and AIDS preventive behaviours. Key words: AIDS, University students, Perceived self-efficacy, Perceived susceptibility, Perceived severity, Perceived benefits, Awareness   Funding: This research was funded by Kerman University of Medical Sciences. Conflict of Interest: None declared Ethical approval: The Ethics Committee of Kerman University of Medical Sciences (Ethics code: KA/90/119 ) apporoved the study.   How to cite this article: Balali meybodi F, Ahmadi Tabatabaei S.V, Hasani M. The Relationship of Self-Efficacy with Awareness and Perceptiveness Severity and Benefits in Regard to Adopting AIDS Preventive Behaviors among Students of Kerman University of Medical Sciences in 2011. J Rafsanjan Univ Med Sci 2014 13(3): 223-34.     [1]- BSc in Public Health, Research Center for Health Services Management, Institute of Futures Studies in Health, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran (Corresponding Author) Tel: (0341) 2105745, Fax: (0341) 2114231, Email: [email protected] [2]- MD-MPH in School of Public Health, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran [3]- BSc in International Relations, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran