Table 1.
Prisoner beliefs about modes of HIV transmission
| Incorrect answer | Do not known | Correct answer | |
| Males having sex with males | 5 | 5 | 90 |
| Males having sex with females | 18 | 13 | 69 |
| Insect sting | 21 | 14 | 65 |
| Louse sting | 10 | 14 | 76 |
| Scabies | 12 | 10 | 78 |
| Eating with shared dishes | 17 | 8 | 75 |
| Shaking hands and kissing | 95 | 0 | 5 |
| Blood transfusion | 3 | 3 | 94 |
| Sharing a razor | 1 | 0 | 99 |
| Needle sharing for drug use | 1 | 1 | 98 |
| Tattooing with shared needle | 4 | 0 | 96 |
| Dentistry with infected instruments | 12 | 2 | 86 |
| Barber with infected tools | 13 | 2 | 85 |
| Hejamat (venesection and cupping) | 1 | 2 | 97 |