Oishi T, Shimada K, Kazama T, Kawaguchi K, Hirose H; International Conference on AIDS.

Int Conf AIDS. 2002 Jul 7-12; 14: abstract no. E11457.

Second Coming Out, Tokyo, Japan

BACKGROUND: This study aims to increase the AIDS knowledge and reduce prejudice to PWH/As through the lecture conducted by PWH/As in school education. METHODS: A PWH/A conducted AIDS education including lecture and role play of the audience in some universities. We evaluated with questionnaires how the knowledge on AIDS and consciousness living with PWAs are changed through three periods including pre- and post-education and one or two months after lecture. RESULTS: We got 133 questionnaires in pre-education and 120 in post-education and 83 one or two months after education. About saliva, sperm, vaginal fluid, mother's milk, the correct answers' rate was significantly(p<0.01) higher in post-education than pre-education. One or two months after education, the correct answers' rate on saliva and vaginal fluid was significantly higher than pre-education. In the questions "I do not want to get near to PWAs" "PWAs should not have sex with others" "If I would be a PWH, I could not love with anybody", the rate of consciousness on human rights and living with PWAs is significantly higher and the people who affirmed the question "The people who get infected with HIV through having sex may well be discriminated against" decreased significantly in the post-education. In one or two months after intervention, the rate of the people who think that "If I would be a PWH, I could not love with anybody" got less significantly than the pre-education. CONCLUSION: The data of the post-education shows that our education program increased more knowledge and raised more consciousness living with PWAs. Even in one or two months the effect of education in the knowledge was maintained. However regarding with the consciousness living with PWAs, the effect of education was in only one of five questions. It was suggested that we need to continue intervention for improving the consciousness living with PWAs.

Publication Types:

• Meeting Abstracts

Keywords:

• Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
• Behavior
• Educational Status
• Female
• HIV Infections
• HIV Seropositivity
• Health Education
• Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
• Humans
• Knowledge
• Prejudice
• Questionnaires
• Schools
• Teaching
• education

Other ID:

• GWAIDS0018532

UI: 102256030

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