| Literature DB >> 8652713 |
R G Vaz1, S Gloyd, R Trindade.
Abstract
The study was designed to evaluate the impact of education on AIDS knowledge among prison inmates in Maputo, Mozambique. A 6-month follow-up study was carried out in 1993 among 300 prisoners. A knowledge, attitudes, and practices questionnaire regarding AIDS and STD was administered to each subject as part of the intake medical examination and after an educational intervention provided by 30 prisoner 'activists'. A large proportion of prisoners had high risk behaviours (65% had 2 or more sexual partners per month and 39% had a history of STD) and low AIDS knowledge at incarceration. Statistically significant increases in knowledge occurred after the intervention. Prisoners with less formal education had a poorer performance on the initial questionnaire (43% vs 69% P < 0.00001) and had a greater improvement after the intervention (41% vs 24%, P < 0.00001). The results demonstrate that educational interventions involving peer health educators contribute positively to the acquisition of knowledge among prisoners.Entities:
Keywords: Africa; Africa South Of The Sahara; Attitude; Behavior; Communication; Developing Countries; Diseases; Eastern Africa; Education; Follow-up Studies; Health Education; Hiv Infections; Infections; Kap Surveys; Knowledge; Knowledge Sources; Mozambique; Peer Groups; Portuguese Speaking Africa; Prisoners--men; Psychological Factors; Reproductive Tract Infections; Research Methodology; Research Report; Risk Behavior; Sampling Studies; Sex Behavior; Sexually Transmitted Diseases; Studies; Surveys; Viral Diseases
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Year: 1996 PMID： 8652713 DOI： 10.1258/0956462961917069
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Int J STD AIDS ISSN： 0956-4624 Impact factor: 1.359