Lawrence S A, Lawrence R M
J Prof Nurs. 1989 Mar-Apr;5(2):92-101. doi: 10.1016/s8755-7223(89)80012-2.
A study was undertaken to determine the difference in knowledge and attitudes about acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) in nursing and nonnursing groups, and to determine the effect that knowledge acquisition would have on attitudes about AIDS. The total study population consisted of 60 registered nurses, 50 baccalaureate nursing students, 42 liberal arts college students, and 30 nonnurse adults. An AIDS knowledge and attitude assess test was developed and used in the study. Univariate descriptive methodology, descriptive correlational analysis, and a pretest-posttest design were used. Phase I showed that professional nurses with graduate degrees have the highest knowledge base and the most positive attitudes about AIDS; and that nursing students' attitudes are more similar to the attitudes of nonnursing students than of professional nurses. Phase II showed that people's attitudes about AIDS could be changed by increasing their knowledge levels, and nursing students showed more increase in knowledge and more significant changes in attitudes following education than liberal arts college students.
开展了一项研究，以确定护理组和非护理组在获得性免疫缺陷综合征（艾滋病）知识和态度方面的差异，并确定知识获取对艾滋病态度的影响。研究总人群包括60名注册护士、50名护理学本科学生、42名文科大学生和30名非护士成年人。研究中开发并使用了一项艾滋病知识和态度评估测试。采用了单变量描述方法、描述性相关分析和前测-后测设计。第一阶段表明，拥有研究生学位的专业护士对艾滋病的知识储备最高，态度也最积极；而且护理专业学生的态度与非护理专业学生的态度比与专业护士的态度更相似。第二阶段表明，通过提高人们的知识水平可以改变他们对艾滋病的态度，并且与文科大学生相比，护理专业学生在接受教育后知识增长更多，态度变化也更显著。
