Aramburú María G, Estripeaut Dora, Rowley Stella, Smoot Sharene, Chamorro Fermina, Bayard Vicente
Fundación Amaneceres, Panama and pediatric resident Georgetown University Hospital, WA, USA.
Int J Adolesc Med Health. 2012;24(2):135-41. doi: 10.1515/ijamh.2012.020. Epub 2011 Nov 29.
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the knowledge, attitudes, and practices about HIV/AIDS of high school students in Panama City, Panama and the impact of a peer-to-peer intervention project.
There were 659 participants in two public and two private schools, one of each got the intervention and the other serving as control. A questionnaire was used as a pretest and post-test to measure the effects of the intervention. The intervention consisted of 12 weekly sessions led by professionally trained peers using four different modalities: theater, group dynamics, videos, and discussions.
The difference in the knowledge scores of the questionnaire resulted in an improvement in both the private (ES=0.63) and the public (ES=0.52) schools with the intervention. Another important finding was that the idea of abstinence as disease prevention for high school students rose from 7% to 60% (public school) and from 27% to 62% (private school) in response to an open-ended question.
There were other significant positive findings that demonstrate the efficacy of this peer-to-peer model educating high school students about lowering the risks of contracting HIV/AIDS. This model could also be used to prevent or mitigate other risky behaviors.
本研究旨在评估巴拿马城高中生对艾滋病毒/艾滋病的知识、态度和行为，以及同伴干预项目的影响。
两所公立学校和两所私立学校共有659名参与者，其中各有一所学校接受干预，另一所作为对照。使用问卷进行前测和后测，以衡量干预效果。干预包括由专业培训的同伴主持的为期12周的课程，采用四种不同形式：戏剧、群体互动、视频和讨论。
问卷知识得分的差异显示，接受干预的私立学校（效应量=0.63）和公立学校（效应量=0.52）均有改善。另一个重要发现是，在回答一个开放式问题时，高中生将禁欲作为预防疾病的观念从7%（公立学校）升至60%，从27%（私立学校）升至62%。
还有其他显著的积极结果表明，这种同伴模式在教育高中生降低感染艾滋病毒/艾滋病风险方面具有成效。该模式也可用于预防或减轻其他危险行为。
