Título: Sexual behaviors and knowledge of AIDS among undergraduate students
Autores: Khehra, Nina
Fecha: 1989
Publicador: McGill University - MCGILL
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Tipo: Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Tema: Safe sex in AIDS prevention -- Québec (Province) -- Montréal
College students -- Sexual behavior -- Case studies
Descripción: This study surveyed the sexual behaviors and knowledge of Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) among 117 undergraduate students from McGill University, Montreal. The sample consisted of 32 men and 85 women ranging from 18 up to 24 years of age. The total sample was split into three knowledge groups, Low, Medium, and High, based on answers provided to questions about AIDS. The data were analyzed separately for the total sample, men, women, and the three knowledge groups. The findings indicated that these students were relatively knowledgeable about AIDS (73.23% correct responses out of 21 items), but were engaging in high risk sexual activities. It appears that personal concern about contracting AIDS, not knowledge of this disease, is related to behavior change among undergraduate students. It was recommended that AIDS education programs focus more on increasing the personal concern than the AIDS knowledge of adolescents.
Idioma: en