DiClemente R J, Boyer C B, Morales E S
Department of Epidemiology and International Health, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco 94143.
Am J Public Health. 1988 Jan;78(1):55-7. doi: 10.2105/ajph.78.1.55.
White adolescents in San Francisco high schools were more knowledgeable than Black adolescents about the cause, transmission, and prevention of AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome), and Black adolescents were more knowledgeable than their Latino peers. Black and Latino adolescents were approximately twice as likely as White adolescents to have misconceptions about the casual transmission of AIDS. Less knowledge about AIDS and prevalent misconceptions were associated with greater levels of perceived risk of contracting AIDS.
旧金山高中的白人青少年在艾滋病(获得性免疫缺陷综合征)的病因、传播和预防方面比黑人青少年了解更多,而黑人青少年比他们的拉丁裔同龄人了解更多。黑人和拉丁裔青少年对艾滋病偶然传播存在误解的可能性大约是白人青少年的两倍。对艾滋病了解较少以及普遍存在的误解与更高的感染艾滋病风险认知水平相关。