AIDS/HIV knowledge level and perceived chance of having HIV among rural adolescents
Autor: | Linda Mcgill, Cindy Rabun, Tom Baranowski, Carolyn Seymore Ashworth, Cheryl L. Newman, Robert H. DuRant |
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Rok vydání: | 1992 |
Předmět: |
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Gerontology Adolescent Psychology Adolescent Rural Health Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) Risk Factors medicine Humans Risk factor Health Education Socioeconomic status Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) business.industry Rural health Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health medicine.disease Substance abuse Psychiatry and Mental health Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Female Health education Rural area business Demography |
Zdroj: | Journal of Adolescent Health. 13:499-505 |
ISSN: | 1054-139X |
DOI: | 10.1016/1054-139x(92)90014-3 |
Popis: | Behaviors that increase the risk of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) among adolescents living in rural areas have been reported to be as frequent as those of lower socioeconomic minority youth living in large urban areas. Little is known, however, about whether rural adolescents possess adequate knowledge upon which to make responsible decisions to avoid exposure to HIV. In order to address this deficit, we administered the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) 1989 Secondary School Health Risk Survey to 294 sixth, seventh, and eighth grade students (30.2% sample) from a rural county with significant social problems including epidemic sexually transmitted diseases STDs, sex-for-drugs, poverty, and drug abuse. The sample was 65% African-American, 50% female, with a mean age of 12.9 +/- 1.3 years. Although 68% reported having received school-based AIDS education, a lower proportion (greater than or equal to 10%) the students were found to correctly answer 8 of 17 AIDS/HIV knowledge questions than those from a national comparison group. The mean was 12.8 +/- 3.1 of 17 items answered correct. Lower AIDS/HIV knowledge was associated with lower school grade (rho = 0.46, p less than or equal to 0.0001); being African-American, Hispanic, or Native American (p less than or equal to 0.043); and never receiving school-based AIDS/HIV education (p less than or equal to 0.0001). Based on multivariate analysis of variance (ANOVA), only school-based AIDS/HIV education was a significant predictor (p less than or equal to 0.0001) of knowledge.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS) |
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