AEGiS-15IAC: Evaluation of HIV/AIDS knowledge among southern Taiwan police officers.

15th International AIDS Conference


Bangkok, Thailand - July 11-16, 2004

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Evaluation of HIV/AIDS knowledge among southern Taiwan police officers.

Int Conf AIDS 2004 Jul 11-16; 15:(abstract no. C10277)

Ma M, Hsien-Jy, Wang WL, Chen CH, Wu YC
National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to evaluate the knowledge base on HIV/AIDS education program among police officers.

METHODS: One-group pretest-posttest study design was used. After the pretest, all the participants received the education program that included a 15 minutes video and 30 minutes lecture on HIV/AIDS. After this education session, all the participants were requested to fill out the post-test. Findings: A total of 1,522 questionnaires were collected with 1,020 (67.0%) completed. Eighty-six percent of participants were married, with age between 30 to 49 years old. Sixty-four percent of participants indicated that the HIV virus could have infected them during performing their duties. The average score of participates on the pre-test is 14.3 (SD = 3.3) and the post-test is 16.6 (SD = 3.4) with total 22. The results of ANOVA tests indicated that age, education, and possible being infected had statistically difference in the level of pre-test HIV/AIDS knowledge but no difference in the knowledge gain after HIV/AIDS education. Pair-t tests revealed a statistically significant improvement in knowledge score after the education program (t = 23.24, p<.001).

CONCLUSIONS: The study findings confirmed the police officers receiving HIV/AIDS education increased their knowledge. The long-term effects of this HIV/AIDS education program on the incident of HIV/AIDS among police officers need to be explored.

Keywords: AEGIS, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, HIV Seropositivity, Evaluation Studies, Knowledge, HIV Infections, Health Education, Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice, Police, Questionnaires, Taiwan, methods, education

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