Sankaranarayan S, Naik E, Reddy P S, Gurunani G, Ganesh K, Gandewar K, Singh K P, Vermund S H
LTM Medical College, Sion, Bombay, India.
Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health. 1996 Dec;27(4):692-5.
The HIV/AIDS epidemic in India is expanding rapidly. The present study is a pre-test-post-test evaluation of a school-based HIV/AIDS educational program. The pre-test was administered to 2,919 students regarding modes of transmission and prevention of HIV/AIDS. An education program was instituted for one half school day at ten secondary schools. Principals of two schools refused to participate. One month later, the post-test was administered to 2,400 students. Before the educational intervention only 50% of the students knew that HIV/AIDS is transmitted sexually, only 34% knew that there are no medicines that cure HIV/AIDS and 24% thought that HIV is transmitted by mosquito bites. After the intervention, 95% of the students knew that HIV/AIDS is transmitted sexually, 92% knew that there is no HIV/AIDS cure and 76% knew that HIV/AIDS is not transmitted by mosquitos. There was a substantial increase in correct knowledge about HIV/AIDS among students after our single educational program. This suggests that school-based educational programs for adolescents in India can succeed in providing basic information regarding HIV/AIDS.
印度的艾滋病毒/艾滋病疫情正在迅速蔓延。本研究是一项针对以学校为基础的艾滋病毒/艾滋病教育项目的前后测评估。对2919名学生进行了关于艾滋病毒/艾滋病传播方式和预防的前测。在十所中学开展了为期半天的教育项目。两所学校的校长拒绝参与。一个月后，对2400名学生进行了后测。在教育干预之前，只有50%的学生知道艾滋病毒/艾滋病是通过性传播的，只有34%的学生知道没有治愈艾滋病毒/艾滋病的药物，24%的学生认为艾滋病毒是通过蚊虫叮咬传播的。干预后，95%的学生知道艾滋病毒/艾滋病是通过性传播的，92%的学生知道没有治愈艾滋病毒/艾滋病的方法，76%的学生知道艾滋病毒/艾滋病不是通过蚊虫传播的。在我们开展单一教育项目后，学生对艾滋病毒/艾滋病的正确认识大幅增加。这表明，印度针对青少年的以学校为基础的教育项目能够成功地提供有关艾滋病毒/艾滋病的基本信息。
