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KMID : 1002420080090010063
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Journal of Korea Society for School Health Education
2008 Volume.9 No. 1 p.63 ~ p.83
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Discriminatory Attitudes towards IV/AIDS (PWHAs) Patents by Middle and High School Students
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Chun Sung-Soo
Kim Ju-Ri
Shin Seung-Bae
Sohn Ae-Ree
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Abstract
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Objectives: This study was to examine HIV/AIDS knowledge of transmission, attitudes toward homosexuals on stigma of HIV/AIDS and discriminatory attitudes towards person with HIV/AIDS (PWHAs) by middle and high school students in Seoul, Korea.
Methods: The population of this study is middle and high school students in Seoul, Korea. Eight junior high schools and eight senior high schools were selected randomly. Three thousand and one hundred thirty-one students (1704 males and 1397 males) from 16 schools participated in the survey, and 2.977 cases were analyzed. A self-administered questionnaire measuring socio-demographic variables, HIV/AIDS knowledge of transmission, sigma of HIV/AIDS (3 items, 5-point Likert-type scale) and discriminatory attitudes PWHAs (5 items, 5-point Likert-type scale) was utilized. The Structural Equation Modeling was employed to investigate the research Model.
Results: The empirical study shows that a number of statistical hypotheses are significant. The stigma and discriminatory attitudes PWHAs were significantly different by middle and high school students. The attitudes toward homosexuals and HIV/AIDS knowledge of transmission were important factors on stigma and discriminatory attitudes PWHAs. Socio-demographical variables such as sex was related to the stigma and discriminatory attitudes PWHAs.
Conclusion: Therefore, it is important to design HIV prevention strategies that increase in positive attitudes towards PWHAs.
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KEYWORD
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Adolescents, HIV/AIDS, Knowledge, Discriminatory attitudes, Stigma
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