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Assessing variability of HIV transmission attitudes and behaviors at an urban northeastern university

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dc.contributor Wichita State University. Department of Human Performance Studies en_US
dc.contributor.author Donnelly, J. en_US
dc.contributor.author Donnelly, M. en_US
dc.contributor.author Kittleson, M. J. en_US
dc.contributor.author Procaccino, A. T. en_US
dc.contributor.author Fogarty, K. J. en_US
dc.contributor.author Duncan, D. F. en_US
dc.contributor.author McClerren, B. L. en_US
dc.date.accessioned 2012-03-30T19:23:49Z
dc.date.available 2012-03-30T19:23:49Z
dc.date.issued 1996-04 en_US
dc.identifier 9148290 en_US
dc.identifier 0376475 en_US
dc.identifier.citation Psychological reports. 1996 Apr; 78(2): 375-83. en_US
dc.identifier.issn 0033-2941 en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://www.amsciepub.com/doi/pdf/10.2466/pr0.1996.78.2.375 en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10057/5013
dc.description Click on the link below to access the article (may not be free). en_US
dc.description.abstract Teenagers in the United States are one of the populations whose HIV infection rates are increasing most rapidly. This study was designed to measure college students' knowledge of HIV transmission methods using Kittleson and Venglarcik's HIV Transmission Survey. Participants (N= 167) were divided into two groups, 99 students from a rural background and 68 students from an urban background. Students from an urban background were significantly more knowledgeable about documented HIV transmission modes than students from a rural background. Men were significantly less aware of documented HIV transmission modes than women. These results suggest that education about AIDS needs to be improved. The current educational procedures do not properly inform students in a fashion which exhibits the true risk of infection and those behaviors which increase risk. Fifteen years after the discovery of the HIV virus students are still largely unaware that they are at risk for contracting a fatal disease. en_US
dc.format.extent 375-83 en_US
dc.language.iso eng en_US
dc.publisher Ammons Scientific en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries Psychological Reports en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries Psychol Rep en_US
dc.source NLM en_US
dc.subject.mesh Adolescent en_US
dc.subject.mesh Adult en_US
dc.subject.mesh Female en_US
dc.subject.mesh HIV Infections/prevention & control en_US
dc.subject.mesh Health Education en_US
dc.subject.mesh Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice en_US
dc.subject.mesh Humans en_US
dc.subject.mesh Male en_US
dc.subject.mesh Risk Factors en_US
dc.subject.mesh Sexual Behavior en_US
dc.subject.mesh Students/psychology en_US
dc.subject.mesh Urban Population en_US
dc.subject.mesh HIV Infections/psychology en_US
dc.subject.mesh HIV Infections/transmission en_US
dc.title Assessing variability of HIV transmission attitudes and behaviors at an urban northeastern university en_US
dc.type Article en_US
dc.coverage.spacial United States en_US
dc.description.version peer reviewed en_US
dc.rights.holder Copyright © Psychological Reports 1996 en_US

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