Mary-Krause M, Roux P, Poirot JL, Bravard C; International Conference on AIDS.

Int Conf AIDS. 1994 Aug 7-12; 10: 352 (abstract no. PD0589).

B3E-INSERM SC4, Faculte de medecine Saint Antoine, Paris, France.

OBJECTIVE: Within the context of the AIDS international day on december 1, 1992, an information day was organized for 12 to 17 years old high school teenagers. To evaluate the impact of this program, three anonymous questionnaires were used. Q1 was passed on all teenagers before the information day, Q2 was passed 3 to 4 months later in those who took part to the information day, and finally, Q3 was passed 5 to 7 months later on those who did not take part to the program to evaluate the feedback from the pairs. METHODS: 657 teenagers completed Q1 and 179 completed Q2. Q3 was performed on 121 teenagers who did receive some feedback informations from their colleagues (group Q3-a) and 129 who did not and constitute a control group (Q3-b). Because questionnaires were completed anonymously, all analyses were performed on a group basis, results from Q2 and Q3-b were compared from Q1; in addition results from Q3-a and Q3-b were compared. RESULTS: More than 80% of teenagers reported TV programs as a source of information. The fact that AIDS is a sexually transmitted disease is well known from teenagers (97% for Q1, 100% for Q2 (p = 0.01) and 99% for Q3-a and Q3-b). The message for condom use (94% for Q1, 97% for Q2, 99% for Q3-a and 97% for Q3-b) or single use syringues (85% for Q1, 94% for Q2 (p = 0.01), 96% for Q3-a and 94% for Q3-b) as preventive means is well assimilated. Wrong believes were reduced after the information day but not always after the feedback: possible transmission with kiss (20% for Q1 versus 5% for Q2 (p = 10(-5), 8% for Q3-a versus 9% for Q3-b (p = 0.8)), bath in swimming pool (15% for Q1 versus 3% for Q2 (p = 0.003), 1% for Q3-a versus 10% for Q3-b (p = 0.002)), drinking in the same glass than a seropositive person (28% for Q1 versus 10% for Q2 (p = 10(-5), 9% for Q3-a versus 12% for Q3-b (p = 0.2)), the contraceptive pill as a preventive mean (32% for Q1 versus 16% for Q2 (p = 0.0003), 20% for Q3-a versus 14% for Q3-b (p = 0.3)). CONCLUSION: It appears that information given directly was more easily remembered than information given by pairs. It would be useful to evaluate long term impact of the program.

Publication Types:

• Meeting Abstracts

Keywords:

• Adolescent
• Humans
• Knowledge
• Schools
• transmission

Other ID:

• 94372101

UI: 102210934

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