Saleh M A, Al-Ghamdi Y S, Al-Yahia O A, Shaqran T M, Mosa A R
Medical Education & Research Center, Al-Gassim Region, Saudi Arabia.
J Family Community Med. 1999 Jan;6(1):15-21.
Accurate information about Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) and Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) is important for their prevention.
This study is intended to assess knowledge on AIDS in students of secondary schools in Buraidah city and to measure the effect of a health education program on their knowledge about AIDS in general, modes of HIV transmission and the degree of their misperception about the transmission of the disease through casual contact.
A well-designed health education program using personal communication and visual media techniques was conducted for 483 secondary school students in Buraidah secondary schools during the year 1997. Pre and post-tests were done to examine their knowledge about AIDS.
The results of this study pointed out that a health education program on AIDS for students of secondary schools greatly and significantly improved their scores on general knowledge on AIDS views on its transmission and misperception of AIDS (p<0.01). Continuous in-service programs for secondary students are recommended.
关于获得性免疫缺陷综合征(艾滋病)和人类免疫缺陷病毒(HIV)的准确信息对其预防至关重要。
本研究旨在评估布赖代市中学生对艾滋病的认知,并衡量一项健康教育计划对他们关于艾滋病的总体知识、HIV传播方式以及他们对通过偶然接触传播该疾病的误解程度的影响。
1997年,针对布赖代中学的483名中学生开展了一项精心设计的健康教育计划,采用人际沟通和视觉媒体技术。进行了前后测试以检查他们对艾滋病的知识。
本研究结果指出,针对中学生的艾滋病健康教育计划极大且显著地提高了他们在艾滋病常识、传播观点和对艾滋病误解方面的得分(p<0.01)。建议为中学生持续开展在职培训计划。