Emmanuel S C
Research & Evaluation Department, Ministry of Health, Singapore.
Singapore Med J. 1991 Apr;32(2):123-6.
Singapore had 52 cases of AIDS as at June 1990. This places Singapore in the low-infection-load group of countries. Constant vigilance is necessary however. The Health education programme against AIDS in Singapore was launched in 1985. This first ever National Survey on public awareness of AIDS was carried out by the Research and Evaluation Department, Ministry of Health HQ, in late 1987, to assess the impact of the programme. It showed the level of knowledge of among Singaporeans to be high and comparable in many areas to that in the USA. The survey however also showed lack of credibility in the knowledge of AIDS among the public in certain important areas. This poses challenges to the public education programme.
截至1990年6月，新加坡有52例艾滋病病例。这使新加坡处于低感染负荷国家组。然而，持续保持警惕是必要的。新加坡于1985年启动了预防艾滋病的健康教育计划。1987年末，卫生部总部研究与评估司开展了首次全国艾滋病公众认知调查，以评估该计划的影响。调查显示，新加坡人在许多方面的知识水平较高，与美国相当。然而，调查还显示，公众在某些重要领域对艾滋病知识缺乏可信度。这给公众教育计划带来了挑战。
