Naslov
Adolescent's knowlege and attitude before and after two year program : scaling-up HIV/AIDS response in Croatia

Autori
Jureša, Vesna ; Juriša, Adriana ; Musil, Vera ; Vončina, Luka ; Borovečki, Ana

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Izvornik
Europian Journal of Public Health Abstracts of the 16th EUPHA Conference I-health Health and innovation in Europe / Mackenbach, Johan P ; Allebeck, Peter ; McKee Martin ; Ricciardi, Walter, Paget Zeegers, Dineke ; Sakelarides, Constantino ; Keskimaki, Ilmo - London : Delhi : European Public Health Association, 2008, 135-136

Skup
EUPHA Conference I-health : Health and innovation in Europe (16 ; 2008)

Mjesto i datum
Lisabon, Portugal, 06.11.2008. - 08.11.2008

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Poster

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
education; knowledge; attitude; schools

Sažetak
The purpose of the Program is to stimulate collective and individual action on HIV/AIDS among young people. Scaling-up HIV/AIDS Response Program in Croatia from 2003 to 2006 resulted in numerous health education activities: distribution of educational material, establishing anonymous testing counseling services, education of high school population (lectures, workshops and peer education). High school population was asked at the beginning and at the end of the Program about knowledge an attitude regarding HIV/AIDS. the goal is to compare knowledge and attitude regarding HIV/AIDS before and after the Program. Students completed anonymous questionnaire. In representative stratificated sample were 1026 (first and third grade) students from 20 high schools. Number of correct answers decreased in both group of questions (regarding knowledge and attitude). Despite the Program 27% of students don’t consider condom use as a safe protection from HIV/AIDS and think mosquito could transmit HIV infection , 25% of student would not let HIV positive students to continue high school education and 40% would not let HIV positive teacher to continue with work.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Javno zdravstvo i zdravstvena zaštita

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