A purposive sample was drawn from 3 out of 10 nursing schools in one metropolitan city in Russia, in a geographical area where the prevalence of HIV and AIDS is recorded as high; e.g. the HIV prevalence among IDUs has been reported to be as high as 50% (2). The data was collected between May and April 2010 after receiving permissions from all of the study institutions according to their research standards. Graduating nursing students completed the questionnaires during their pre-practical training period. After completing the questionnaire (about one hour), the students returned the completed questionnaires to the research assistant. The questionnaires were offered to 107 students and 102 students participated (response rate 95.3%). All of the students were due to graduate after 3 or 4 years of education, depending on their previous basic school level.
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