TOPIC: Prevention & Education
OTHER KEYWORDS: Asian Americans, Youth, College students
TITLE: Effects of HIV/AIDS information on attitudes towards AIDS: A cross-ethnic comparison of college students
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Goh D. Effects of HIV/AIDS information on attitudes towards AIDS: A cross-ethnic comparison of college students. J of Psychol. 1993; 127(6): 611-618.
SUMMARY
The study reports results from an AIDS information questionnaire and the Attitudes Towards AIDS Scale (ATAS) administered on college students from five ethnic groups, to determine the effects of AIDS information on attitudes toward AIDS. Besides ethnicity, access to HIV/AIDS information self reported degree of knowledge about AIDS had significant affects on a person's measured knowledge of and attitudes toward HIV/AIDS.