Awareness among Educated Mothers about Sexually Transmitted Disease Aids

The study was conducted that educated mothers are having more knowledge about contraception, sexually transmitted diseases and HIV/AIDS. The study was delimited to Ludhiana and Gurdapur district of Punjab. The sample consisted of 200 educated working mothers out of which100 in medical profession, 100 in banking profession, were selected on the basis of random sampling. The tool was employed Aids Awareness Test by Dr. Ravinder Kaur (Ex Principal of Malwa Central College of Education for Women, Ludhiana to assess the knowledge of AIDS among educated working mothers of adolescents. . It revealed that mean score of educated working mothers of adolescents in medical profession was higher than their counterparts in banking profession indicating that the educated working mothers of adolescents in medical profession are more aware about AIDS than those in banking profession.