title: Effectiveness of peer-led education on knowledge, attitude and risk behavior practices related to HIV among students at a Malaysian public university--a randomized controlled trial.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Develop, implement and evaluate the effectiveness of a peer-led education program related to HIV/AIDS among university students.
  
  
  METHODS
  
  
  
  METHODS
  randomized controlled trial with 276 university students at Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences University Putra Malaysia (UPM), Serdang in 2011.
  
  
  METHODS
  A peer-led education program on HIV prevention by university students.
  
  
  RESULTS
  differences in knowledge, attitude and risk behavior practices related to HIV between baselines, immediate follow-up after intervention and after three months.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Significant improvement in sound knowledge in the intervention group as compared to the control group (Odds ratio, 1.75; 95% CI 1.01, 3.00; p=0.04) and improvement in good attitude related to HIV (Odds ratio 2.22; 95% CI 1.37, 3.61; p=0.01). The odds of high substance risk behavior was significantly reduced in the intervention group as compared to the control group (Odds ratio 0.07; 95% CI 0.02, 0.34; p=0.01). The association between good knowledge and intervention was modified by the different time points (baseline, immediately after intervention and 3 months after intervention), ethnicity and gender.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Peer-led education program in HIV prevention improves knowledge, attitude and substance risk behavior. Changes in sexual risk behavior may require a longer follow-up.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia.
authors.forename: Normala
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ibrahim
authors.forename: Lekhraj
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Rampal
authors.forename: Zubaidah
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Jamil
authors.forename: Azhar Mohd
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Zain
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006266:Health Education / Q000379:methods*; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D016013:Likelihood Functions; D016015:Logistic Models; D008296:Malaysia; D008297:Male; D010379:Peer Group; D012309:Risk-Taking; D021841:Safe Sex; D013334:Students