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. 1985 Mar;55(3):107-9.
doi: 10.1111/j.1746-1561.1985.tb04091.x.

High school students' perceptions and misperceptions of AIDS

J H Price, S Desmond, G Kukulka

High school students' perceptions and misperceptions of AIDS

J H Price et al. J Sch Health. 1985 Mar.

Abstract

This study examines the knowledge, beliefs, and sources of information of junior and senior high school students concerning AIDS. The students were found to have a very limited knowledge of AIDS. Males were more knowledgeable about AIDS than were females, but the majority of students were not personally worried about contracting AIDS. The primary sources of AIDS information were TV, newspapers, magazines, and radio. Schools were one of the least often mentioned sources of information.

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