title: Culturally sensitive AIDS education and perceived AIDS risk knowledge: reaching the "know-it-all" teenager.
abstract: Video education is the most popular and effective medium for informing the adolescent population. This study investigated the impact of a culturally relevant HIV/AIDS video education. One hundred and ninety-four African-American teenagers were assigned to either a culturally sensitive or culturally dissimilar video education intervention. Results indicate that both interventions were effective in increasing AIDS knowledge scores. An interaction effect was found between levels of perceived AIDS risk knowledge and participation in the culturally sensitive intervention (CSV). Only the CSV intervention was effective with adolescents who claimed to "know a lot" about AIDS (e.g., "Know-It-All" subgroup). Students in both conditions who were worried about getting AIDS demonstrated higher AIDS risk knowledge at post-assessment. This study provides further evidence of within-ethnicity diversity among African-American youth and for developing culture- and subgroup-specific HIV/AIDS education.
authors.affiliation: University of Pennsylvania, Graduate School of Education, Psychology in Education Division, Philadelphia 19104-6216, USA.
authors.forename: H C
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Stevenson
authors.forename: K M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Gay
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Josar
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000523:psychology / Q000635:transmission; D000293:Adolescent; D001741:Black or African American / Q000523:psychology*; D001294:Attitude to Health; D001296:Audiovisual Aids; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D006266:Health Education / Q000379:methods*; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012307:Risk Factors