AEGiS-06IAC: Evaluation of an HIV education module integrated into comprehensive school-based health education.

6th International AIDS Conference

San Francisco, California, USA — June 20-23, 1990

Evaluation of an HIV education module integrated into comprehensive school-based health education.

Int Conf AIDS 1990 Jun 20-23; 6:344 (abstract no. Th.D.872)
Horan PF, DiClemente RJ, Stone CV; North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate an HIV education module integrated into a comprehensive, school-based health education curriculum.

METHOD: Approximately 1800 high school students completed an anonymous self-report AIDS survey. Students who reported receiving HIV education were compared with students not exposed to HIV education on 33 knowledge, attitudes, and behavioral indices. Univariate Pearson Chi-square analyses were conducted; significant differences were noted when alpha was less than .0005 and between HIV education group differences exceeded 10.5 percent.

RESULTS: Students who received HIV education demonstrate markedly greater accuracy in HIV knowledge, improved attitudes towards talking about HIV with family and friends, increased tolerance towards HIV-infected students, and greater likelihood of HIV prevention behaviors. Students who received HIV education reported increased empowerment (ability to say no if pressured to have intercourse) and self-efficacy (ability to insist on condom use if about to have sexual intercourse).

CONCLUSION: HIV education integrated into comprehensive school-based health education is very effective in increasing HIV knowledge in students, in making positive attitude changes, and in significantly improving student empowerment and self-efficacy related to HIV risk-reduction behaviors.

Keywords: AEGIS, Health Education, Program Evaluation, Students, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, Schools, Curriculum, HIV Infections, Attitude, education, nursing, ICA6

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