title: [An evaluation of the extent to which young people are informed about the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome].
abstract: The data on the evaluation of the volume of information on the transmission routes of HIV infection, risk groups and prophylactic measures, acquired by young people aged 14-18 years, their attitude to different sources of information on AIDS, as well as the evaluation of the influence of lectures on the formation of their opinion of these problems, are presented. As found by questioning, 84.4-98.7% of adolescents who answered the questionnaires correctly indicated the routes of the transmission of HIV infection, prophylactic measures were known to 73.1-90.3%, risk groups were correctly defined by 80.6-98.0%, more than 70% of adolescents covered by questioning believed that mass media provided insufficient information on AIDS. In a group of adolescents given a lecture an increase in the number of correct answers and a decrease in the number of wrong answers on the transmission routes of HIV infection and on risk groups were registered.
authors.forename: V V
authors.initials: VV
authors.lastname: Pokrovskiĭ
authors.forename: G I
authors.initials: GI
authors.lastname: Mozharova
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000635:transmission; D000293:Adolescent; D001294:Attitude to Health; D005260:Female; D015497:HIV-1; D006266:Health Education; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009031:Moscow; D012307:Risk Factors; D012737:Sex Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014505:Urban Population
vernacular_title: Otsenka informirovannost' molodezhi o sindrome priobretennogo immunodefitsita.