Feb
18
2011
One in five adults do not realise HIV is transmitted through sex without a condom between a man and a woman
- Only three in ten adults (30%) can correctly identify, from a list of possible routes, all of the ways HIV is and is not transmitted
- An increasing proportion of adults incorrectly believe HIV can be transmitted by impossible routes such as kissing and spitting
- Nearly a fifth of adults (19%) believe if a family member was HIV positive it would damage their relationship with them
- More than two thirds of British adults (68%) agree more needs to be done to tackle prejudice against people living with HIV in the UK
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