HIV/AIDS - Information and knowledge : a comparative study of Kenyan and Swedish teenagers
Engelsk titel: HIV/AIDS - Information and knowledge : a comparative study of Kenyan and Swedish teenagers
Författare:
Eriksson, Torbjörn
;
Sonesson, Andreas
;
Isacsson, Åke
Språk: Eng
Antal referenser: 18
Dokumenttyp:
Artikel
UI-nummer: 57589
Sammanfattning
Knowledge of HIV/AIDS, exposure to HIV/AIDS information and appreciation of given information was studied, by a questionnaire, among 326 Kenyan and 146 Swedish teenage school students in 1994. The aim of the study was to examine differences and similarities in knowledge in the two populations and to examine which sources of information about HIV and AIDS the respondents had been exposed to and which were most appreciated. The overall knowledge about HIV/AIDS was high but in specific items the knowledge and awareness of different risk behaviours for contracting HIV/AIDS differed for the Kenyan and Swedish teenagers. This calls for new strategies in disease prevention and health promotion. Those strategies should focus much more on lifestyle changes.