HIV/AIDS knowledge, attitudes, related behaviors, and sources of information among Korean adolescents
- Authors
- Yoo, H; Lee, Sun Hae; Kwon, BE; Chung, Sul Ki; Kim, S
- Issue Date
- Dec-2005
- Publisher
- AMER SCHOOL HEALTH ASSOC
- Citation
- JOURNAL OF SCHOOL HEALTH, v.75, no.10, pp 393 - 399
- Pages
- 7
- Journal Title
- JOURNAL OF SCHOOL HEALTH
- Volume
- 75
- Number
- 10
- Start Page
- 393
- End Page
- 399
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/cau/handle/2019.sw.cau/24465
- DOI
- 10.1111/j.1746-1561.2005.00054.x
- ISSN
- 0022-4391
1746-1561
- Abstract
- To examine HIV/AIDS knowledge, attitudes, related behaviors, and sources of HIV/AIDS information among high school-aged students in South Korea. One thousand and seventy-seven students (586 females and 491 males)from 5 high schools from 5 representative school districts participated in the survey. A self-administered questionnaire measuring knowledge (19 true-false items), attitudes (4 items, 5-point Likert-type scale), sources of information (6 items, yes/no), and sexual behaviors (8 items, yes/no) was utilized. The level of HIV/AIDS knowledge among Korean adolescents was moderate, with the mean scores of 13.93 out of 19 for males and 13.35 for females (p <.01). Attitudes toward persons with HIV/AIDS were negative, with the mean scores of 3.06 for males and 3.09 for females. Of 42 respondents (4.4%) who had engaged in sexual intercourse, 18 (40%) had used condoms. Almost half of the total respondents reported they were not concerned about HIV/AIDS (46.0%), and 94.4% indicated the need for receiving HIV prevention education in the future. The respondents identified TV (52.5%) and school classes (32.1%) as the two major sources of information on HIV/AIDS. Only a few pointed to their parents (1.3%) as a source of information. This preliminary study summarizes the current status of prevention education on HIV/AIDS available in Korea and can provide implications for developing more differentiated intervention strategies specific to culture, age, and gender.
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