title: School-based AIDS education for adolescents.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe a program which utilizes medical students and persons with AIDS (PWAs) to provide for adolescents school-based education about acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS).
  
  
  METHODS
  Two 1.5 hour classroom sessions were conducted by medical students and persons with AIDS for seventh and eighth grade students (n = 1,161 students) at two urban middle schools. In addition, a two hour informational session was provided for parents. A 49 question student health survey was used to evaluate adolescents' HIV knowledge, tolerance of persons with AIDS, and intentions to engage in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) safe behaviors.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Significant (p < 0.01) increases in HIV knowledge and tolerance of persons with AIDS were observed, which persisted for three months. A significant (p < 0.01) improvement in intention to engage in HIV-safe behaviors was observed but did not persist for three months.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Medical students and persons with AIDS can provide school-based AIDS education to early adolescents.
authors.affiliation: Office of the Associate Dean for Student Affairs, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sunwood
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Brenman
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Escobedo
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Philpott
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Allman
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mueller
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jaeger
authors.forename: L K
authors.initials: LK
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: F S
authors.initials: FS
authors.lastname: Cole
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000517:prevention & control*; D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D006266:Health Education / Q000379:methods*; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010379:Peer Group; D000297:Psychology, Adolescent; D012574:Schools; D013337:Students, Medical