[Health education--knowledge and sources of information about acquired immunodeficiency or AIDS].
Questionnaires were answered by 151 students, 10 to 19 years old, from an elementary, Jr. and Senior-high State School in Florianópolis, State of Santa Catarina-Brazil. The objectives were: to identify information sources; transmission mechanisms; prevention forms and the interest shown by students in acquiring new knowledge on HIV/AIDS. Based on the responses, authors found out that 90.06% of the students had heard about AIDS on TV, 29.13% had been informed about the theme through a teacher. It was also observed that 45.03% would seek for orientation from their parents, and 9.93% from their teachers.
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Berger Salema Coelho
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D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000635:transmission; D000293:Adolescent; D001938:Brazil; D002648:Child; D004522:Educational Status; D006266:Health Education; D006801:Humans; D010290:Parents; D012572:School Health Services; D013334:Students; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013663:Teaching