High school students' perceptions and misperceptions of AIDS
Price, J.H.; Desmond, S.; Kukulka, G.
Journal of School Health 55(3): 107-109
1985
ISSN/ISBN: 0022-4391 PMID: 3845256 DOI: 10.1111/j.1746-1561.1985.tb04091.xDocument Number: 232271
This study examines the knowledge, beliefs, and sources of information of junior and senior high school students concerning AIDS. The students were found to have a very limited knowledge of AIDS. Males were more knowledgeable about AIDS than were females, but the majority of students were not personally worried about contracting AIDS. The primary sources of AIDS information were TV, newspapers, magazines, and radio. Schools were one of the least often mentioned sources of information.
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