title: Intervention to promote safer sexual behaviors and educate peers about HIV/AIDS.
abstract: Sexually active college students are at risk for infection with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). Nursing students can learn a variety of desirable professional skills and provide an important service to their college peers by participating in an ongoing intervention to promote safer sexual behaviors. Since 1989, nursing students at a publicly supported urban college have been providing a HIV Primary Prevention intervention on a sustained basis. During each semester, at least 1,000 college students complete a quiz that tests their knowledge about condoms and engage in discourse with a nursing student about HIV/AIDS. Content analysis of the evaluations submitted by the nursing students (N = 43) identifies how this independent study enhances both professional and personal growth.
authors.affiliation: CUNY, Hunter College, Hunter-Bellevue School of Nursing, New York, New York, USA.
authors.forename: K M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Nokes
mesh_terms: D017280:Condoms / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000517:prevention & control*; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D010379:Peer Group; D011322:Primary Prevention; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012307:Risk Factors; D012736:Sex Education / Q000379:methods; D012725:Sexual Behavior; D013338:Students, Nursing; D014495:Universities