HIV/AIDS AWARENESS AMONG TOURISM STUDENTS OF HIMACHAL PRADESH UNIVERSITY

Abstract

HIV/AIDS has rapidly established throughout the worlds over the past three decades and has emerged as the important public health problem. Youth are at greater risk of acquiring infection because of changing behavior pattern. More than one third of reported cases of HIV/AIDS in India are among youth. The purpose of this study was to assess the awareness regarding HIV/AIDS among tourism students of Himachal Pradesh University. In this study 30 tourism students both girls and boys from Master Course (first and third semester of Himachal Pradesh selected as sample.The HIV/AIDS awareness tool developed by Kumar (2020) was used to collect the data. The t-test statistical technique was used to analyze the data. The result showed that there is significant difference in the awareness level related to HIV/AIDS among tourism students of university.