NDLI: Medical students and interns' knowledge about and attitude towards homosexuality.

Content Provider	World Health Organization (WHO)-Global Index Medicus
Author	Banwari, G. Mistry, K. Soni, A. Parikh, N. Gandhi, H.
Description	Country affiliation: India Author Affiliation: Banwari G ( Department of Psychiatry, Smt. NHL Municipal Medical College and Sheth VS General Hospital, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.)
Abstract	BACKGROUND AND RATIONALE: Medical professionals' attitude towards homosexuals affects health care offered to such patients with a different sexual orientation. There is absence of literature that explores the attitudes of Indian medical students or physicians towards homosexuality. AIM: This study aimed to evaluate Indian medical students and interns' knowledge about homosexuality and attitude towards homosexuals. MATERIALS AND METHODS: After IEC approval and written informed consent, a cross-sectional study was conducted on a purposive sample of undergraduate medical students and interns studying in one Indian medical college. The response rate was 80.5%. Only completely and validly filled responses (N = 244) were analyzed. The participants filled the Sex Education and Knowledge about Homosexuality Questionnaire (SEKHQ) and the Attitudes towards Homosexuals Questionnaire (AHQ). SEKHQ consisted of 32 statements with response chosen from 'true', 'false', or 'don't know'. AHQ consisted of 20 statements scorable on a 5-point Likert scale. Multiple linear regression was used to find the predictors of knowledge and attitude. RESULTS: Medical students and interns had inadequate knowledge about homosexuality, although they endorsed a neutral stance insofar as their attitude towards homosexuals is concerned. Females had more positive attitudes towards homosexuals. Knowledge emerged as the most significant predictor of attitude; those having higher knowledge had more positive attitudes. CONCLUSION: Enhancing knowledge of medical students by incorporation of homosexuality related health issues in the curriculum could help reduce prejudice towards the sexual minority and thus impact their future clinical practice.
File Format	HTM / HTML
ISSN	00223859
e-ISSN	09722823
DOI	10.4103/0022-3859.153103
Journal	Journal of Postgraduate Medicine
Issue Number	2
Volume Number	61
Language	English
Publisher	MedKnow Publication
Publisher Date	2015-04-01
Publisher Place	India
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Discipline Medicine Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice Homosexuality Internship And Residency Physicians Psychology Students, Medical Cross-sectional Studies Prejudice Religion And Sex Socioeconomic Factors Questionnaires
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Medicine

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