Steiner J D, Sorokin G, Schiedermayer D L, Van Susteren T J
Educational Services Division, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee 53226.
Am J Dis Child. 1990 Mar;144(3):302-6. doi: 10.1001/archpedi.1990.02150270052025.
A survey was administered to 1543 adolescents from southeastern Wisconsin to assess their knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs regarding acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) and persons with the disease. Responses were compared with those of other studies involving adolescents using identical or similar test items. Results of the study demonstrate that knowledge of AIDS and of the modes of human immunodeficiency virus transmission have increased dramatically over the past 5 years. Ninety-eight percent of high school students in this study understood the modes of transmission and that merely touching a person with AIDS will not transmit the virus. However, results also revealed that many negative biases remain toward people who have been infected with human immunodeficiency virus. Forty-five percent of the students believed that homosexuals and intravenous drug users were "getting what they deserve." Recommendations are made that future educational efforts focus on changes in attitudes and behaviors in relation to adolescents' previously acquired knowledge of AIDS.
对来自威斯康星州东南部的1543名青少年进行了一项调查，以评估他们对获得性免疫缺陷综合征（艾滋病）及艾滋病患者的知识、态度和信念。将这些回答与其他涉及青少年的、使用相同或类似测试项目的研究结果进行了比较。研究结果表明，在过去5年里，对艾滋病及其传播途径的了解有了显著增加。在这项研究中，98%的高中生了解传播途径，并且知道仅仅接触艾滋病患者不会传播病毒。然而，结果还显示，对感染了人类免疫缺陷病毒的人仍然存在许多负面偏见。45%的学生认为同性恋者和静脉注射吸毒者是“自食其果”。建议未来的教育工作应侧重于根据青少年先前获得的艾滋病知识，改变他们的态度和行为。
