1. Effectiveness of a Structured Teaching Program on Knowledge and Attitudes Toward HIV among Young Women in India.
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Devarayasamudram, Sujayalakshmi, De Gagne, Jennie C., Kurudi, Neeraja P., and Kang, Hee Sun
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HEALTH education , *RESEARCH methodology , *STATISTICAL sampling , *T-test (Statistics) , *WOMEN'S health , *TEACHING methods , *PRE-tests & post-tests , *HEALTH literacy , *DATA analysis software , *ATTITUDES toward AIDS (Disease) - Abstract
India has the third highest number of persons living with HIV in the world. We evaluated the effectiveness of a structured teaching program on HIVrelated knowledge and attitudes among 600 young women, aged 20-40 years, in India. This study employed a quasi-experimental pre-post design. Significant differences were found in the level of the participants' knowledge of (t = 78.89, p < .05) and attitudes toward (t = 64.14, p < .05) HIV after the intervention. Our findings suggest that the structured teaching program could be utilized in increasing young women's knowledge of, and improving their attitudes about, HIV. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2018
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