AEGiS-08IAC: Differential effects of sex, type of school and teacher training on adolescents' knowledge, attitudes and behaviours related to AIDS and sex.

8th International AIDS Conference


Amsterdam, Netherlands — July 19-24, 1992

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Differential effects of sex, type of school and teacher training on adolescents' knowledge, attitudes and behaviours related to AIDS and sex.

Int Conf AIDS 1992 Jul 19-24; 8:We58 (abstract no. WeD 1072)
Randev P, Kabakchieva E; Institute of Psychology, Sofia, Bulgaria.

ISSUE/PROBLEM: Development, implementation and evaluation of effectiveness of an educational programme on AIDS and sex education for Bulgarian secondary schools.

DESCRIPTION OF PROJECT: ASEPA Project is a complex education programme and evaluation research on its effectiveness that was carried out in 50 secondary schools in Sofia. It involves interdisciplinary and intersectorial cooperation of educational and medical systems at different levels. The main component parts of the project are: development of educational package for secondary schools, training courses for educators; evaluation research on effectiveness. The latter was evaluated by pre-, post- and six months follow up measurement of 40 variables related to students, educators, process and environment.

RESULTS: Girls are more positive influenced than boys by the educational programme; students from higher socio-cultural level schools are more positive influenced than those from lower socio-cultural level schools; level of teacher's training influence strongly positive the effectiveness. Knowledge about AIDS grow up dramatically and was constant High six months after course. The same take place in AIDS-related behaviours. Changes in AIDS and sex-related attitudes are more complicated and are influenced by sex, type of school, personality characteristics of the participants teacher qualification. LESSONS LEARNED: Accumulation of experience in development and implementation of participative and research-based approach to health educational programmes.

Keywords: AEGIS, Schools, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, Teaching, Sex Education, Coitus, Health Education, Attitude, Behavior, Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice, Knowledge, Students, Program Evaluation, Sex Behavior, Faculty, Curriculum, Adolescent Behavior, Health Behavior, Attitude to Health, Adolescence, Male, Female, education, ICA8
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