The purpose of this study was to determine whether educational programs using peer-developed interventions produce changes in knowledge and attitudes about AIDS among teenage students and among their teachers. The study compared changes in knowledge and attitude among students and teachers in a school using peer-developed interventions with changes among students and teachers in a school using conventional instruction methods for their AIDS education program. / Site selection was available in one of two school districts which currently provide for AIDS education by using peer facilitators. Two schools from the selected district were included in this study. One of these schools was selected because it used a peer facilitation approach within its AIDS education program whereas the other school used a traditional instructional framework. AIDS instruction in both schools is incorporated in the required course of Life Management Skills which is offered in grades nine or ten in all Florida high schools. / A survey questionnaire was used to collect data from all students enrolled in the Life Management Skills course in each of the two selected schools, and from all teachers in each school. The questionnaire was administered prior to, and following the AIDS education unit in the course. / Data analysis was accomplished by utilizing the t-test for two groups on data obtained through the pre-post questionnaires. Some positive change was found in both knowledge and attitudes among students from the peer-intervention school and the conventional school. Some positive change was also found in knowledge among teachers from the conventional school and in attitudes among teachers from the peer-intervention school. Overall, no significant differences were found between the peer-facilitation and the conventional approaches to instruction in the amount of knowledge and attitude change for both students and teachers. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 52-03, Section: A, page: 0813. / Major Professor: Irwin Jahns. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1991.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_76338 |
| Contributors | Waters, Mae., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 180 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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