fa میزان آگاهی و نگرش کارکنان نیروی انتظامی بیرجند نسبت به بیماری ایدز General پژوهشي Research Article Without doubt, the largest human society's misfortune after the Second World War is AIDS epidemics. At present, the best way to combat the disease is prevention which in turn requires trainings for increase individuals' knowledge. Therefore, this study was performed to determine the knowledge and attitude of Birjand disciplinary police personnel about AIDS.   Materials and Methods: This descriptive-analytic study was accomplished on 300 personnel of Birjand disciplinary police force which were selected by random cluster sampling in 2002. The data were collected via a questionnaire consisting of three parts (demographic features, knowledge and attitude statements) which were then analyzed by SPSS software using chi-square, t-test and ANOVA one way tests (P Knowledge,Attitude,AIDS,Disciplinary Police 36 41 http://mcj.bums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-1-374&slc_lang=fa&sid=1 Gholamreza Mortazavi Moghadam سید غلامرضا مرتضوی مقدم 10031947532846004569 10031947532846004569 No Associate Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Birjand, Iran دانشیار گروه آموزشی داخلی، دانشکده پزشکی، دانشگاه علوم پزشکی بیرجند Mohammad Reza Miri محمد رضا میری 10031947532846004570 10031947532846004570 No Assistant Professor, Faculty of Public Health, Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Birjand, Iran استادیار آموزشکده بهداشت، دانشگاه علوم پزشکی بیرجند Shahnaz Tabie شهناز طبیعی 10031947532846004571 10031947532846004571 Yes Instructor, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Birjand, Iran. Email: shahnaztabiee@bums.ac.ir عضو هیات علمی دانشکده پرستاری و مامایی دانشگاه علوم پزشکی بیرجند. تلفن: 4440533-0561 پست الکترونیک: shahnaztabiee@yahoo.com Saman Bahrami سامان بهرامی 10031947532846004572 10031947532846004572 No Student of Medical, Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Birjand, Iran دانشجوی پزشکی دانشگاه علوم پزشکی بیرجند