Phillips K A
Center for AIDS Prevention Studies, University of California, San Francisco 94105.
Am J Public Health. 1993 Oct;83(10):1460-2. doi: 10.2105/ajph.83.10.1460.
Increasing knowledge is an important goal of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) prevention strategies, although increased knowledge may not be associated with increased preventive behaviors. This study examines the association of (1) objective and subjective acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) knowledge, and (2) both objective and subjective AIDS knowledge with HIV testing use. Data are from the 1988 National Health Interview Survey. Objective and subjective knowledge were only moderately correlated. In regression analyses, higher subjective knowledge was significantly associated with higher testing use, but objective knowledge was not. The results are relevant to other preventive behaviors for which knowledge is an important factor.
增加知识是人类免疫缺陷病毒(HIV)预防策略的一个重要目标,尽管知识的增加可能与预防行为的增加并无关联。本研究考察了(1)客观和主观获得性免疫缺陷综合征(AIDS)知识,以及(2)客观和主观AIDS知识与HIV检测使用之间的关联。数据来自1988年全国健康访谈调查。客观知识和主观知识仅呈中等程度相关。在回归分析中,较高的主观知识与较高的检测使用率显著相关,但客观知识并非如此。这些结果与知识是重要因素的其他预防行为相关。