Handler A, Lampman C, Levy S, Weeks K, Rashid J, Flay B
Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago.
AIDS Educ Prev. 1994 Apr;6(2):175-83.
This study examines attitudes toward people with AIDS (PWAs) of a group of 853 7th, 8th, and 9th graders living in high-risk communities in the suburbs of a large Midwestern city. Females appear to be more tolerant than males, and whites appear to be more tolerant than other racial/ethnic groups with respect to attitudes toward PWAs. Although knowledge about actual modes of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) transmission is not correlated with attitudes toward PWAs, students with greater knowledge about HIV transmission through casual contact, transmission of HIV through blood products, ways of preventing HIV infection, and myths about HIV prevention have more tolerant attitudes toward PWAs. Students who have ever had sexual intercourse are significantly less tolerant of PWAs. Implications of these findings for youth AIDS education are presented.
本研究调查了居住在中西部一个大城市郊区高风险社区的853名七、八、九年级学生对艾滋病患者的态度。在对艾滋病患者的态度上，女性似乎比男性更宽容，白人似乎比其他种族/族裔群体更宽容。尽管关于人类免疫缺陷病毒（HIV）实际传播方式的知识与对艾滋病患者的态度无关，但对通过偶然接触传播HIV、通过血液制品传播HIV、预防HIV感染的方法以及关于HIV预防的误解了解更多的学生，对艾滋病患者的态度更宽容。曾经有过性行为的学生对艾滋病患者的宽容度明显较低。文中还阐述了这些研究结果对青少年艾滋病教育的启示。
