The Relationship Between Scientific Knowledge and Behaviour: An HIV/AIDS Case
| Autor: | Liesel Ebersöhn, Lindelani Mnguni, Mia Abrie |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Sociology of scientific knowledge
Context effect Knowledge level education 05 social sciences Theory of planned behavior 050301 education Survey research Affect (psychology) medicine.disease Education Body of knowledge 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) medicine 030212 general & internal medicine General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 0503 education Social psychology |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Biological Education. 50:147-159 |
| ISSN: | 2157-6009 0021-9266 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/00219266.2015.1007888 |
| Popis: | Debates on the role of scientific knowledge to affect behaviour are continuing. The theory of planned behaviour suggests that behaviour is influenced by attitudes, subjective norms and perceived behavioural control and not by knowledge. However, a large body of knowledge argues that increased HIV/AIDS-related knowledge leads to the adoption of safe behavioural practices. The purpose of this non-experimental survey study, therefore, was to investigate the correlation between academic HIV/AIDS knowledge, functional HIV/AIDS knowledge and self-reported behavioural preferences of 300 biology and 243 non-biology students from nine South African schools. Results suggest a correlation between students’ understanding of academic and functional HIV/AIDS knowledge. The behavioural preferences of both biology and non-biology students were generally the same and safe. Among biology students, correlation was observed between academic HIV/AIDS knowledge and self-reported safe behavioural preferences, which was not the ... |
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