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Abstract
The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of an upper division university level AIDS education course on AIDS-related attitudes of course participants. A second purpose was to assess gender differences in attitudes and to determine if course participation influenced gender differences
Subjects included 140 undergraduate students (65 percent women and 35 percent men) in health education courses at a large southwestern state university. Attitudes were measured in four student groups. Two of the groups were involved in a three week intensive AIDS education course, a third group was exposed only to a computer assisted program providing information about AIDS and transmission of HIV, and a fourth group received no AIDS-related information or instruction and served as the control group
Students completed the AIDS Attitude Questionnaire pre- and post-course. Pre-intervention scores were used as covariates for analysis of group differences in post-intervention attitude scores. ANCOVA indicated that post-course scores differed based on group membership and gender
This study suggests that comprehensive AIDS education courses can positively influence AIDS-related attitudes. It also indicates that there are gender differences in attitudes which can be moderated through active education