title: Safer-sex education for persons with mental illness.
abstract: 1. Safer-sex education is crucial for controlling the spread of HIV and this education is within the realm of nursing practice. 2. Safer-sex education for persons with mental illness must include repetitive, interactive education capitalizing on verbal, visual, written, tactile, and motor skill teaching methods to compensate for learning disabilities that have been identified in this population. 3. In this study, individual rather than a group teaching approach to the sensitive subject of safer-sex provided the most learning. The study subjects did not exhibit overt sexual behavior, increased sexual acting out, regression, or overstimulation when safer-sex education was presented.
authors.affiliation: Nursing Service, Research, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Northport, New York 11768, USA.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hajagos
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Geiser
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Parker
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tesfa
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000517:prevention & control*; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004521:Educational Measurement; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007297:Inpatients; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000451:nursing*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000379:methods*; D015397:Program Evaluation; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing / Q000379:methods; D012736:Sex Education / Q000379:methods*; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods; D014743:Videotape Recording