Effect evaluation of AIDS health education among college students in Dali area / 重庆医学

ABSTRACT

Objective To evaluate the effect of AIDS health education in university students to provide the theoretical basis for AIDS prevention in the young college students .Methods In order to know about the situation of awareness HIV/AIDS ,a general survey of HIV/AIDS related knowledge was conducted in freshmen of Dali college by self‐made questionnaire In December 2010 , then various forms of health education was took for college students ,such as theoretical study ,lecture and so on .Investigation a‐mong students once again ,and compared with the baseline survey results in December 2012 .Results The accuracy of HIV/AIDS health knowledge in the young college students after had health education was higher significantly than that before(P<0 .05);The score of AIDS elated problem have been weighted ,and awareness was defined as≥60 ;Before health education ,2 619 students knew about AIDS related knowledge ,872 students did not ,the average score was (64 .50 ± 10 .22) ,the total awareness rate was 75 .67% ;after the health education ,3 323 students know about AIDS related knowledge ,138 students did not ,the average score was (84 .94 ± 12 .68) ,the total awareness rate was 96 .01% .After continuing health education ,the total score was significantly increased (P<0 .01) .Conclusion The awareness rate of AIDS could be improved by health education in various forms and that was impor‐tant for the prevention of AIDS among college students .