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Evaluation of HIV/AIDS Education in Russia Using a Video Approach
Author(s) -
Torabi Mohammad R.,
Crowe James W.,
Rhine Sam,
Daniels Dennis E.,
Jeng Ifeng
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
journal of school health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.851
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 1746-1561
pISSN - 0022-4391
DOI - 10.1111/j.1746-1561.2000.tb07422.x
Subject(s) - intervention (counseling) , health education , ethnic group , public health , economic shortage , medicine , medical education , psychology , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , sexual orientation , family medicine , economic growth , gerontology , political science , nursing , social psychology , government (linguistics) , economics , linguistics , philosophy , law
HIV/AIDS has intruded upon the geographic, political, ethnic, gender, and sexual orientation of communities all over the world. As of April 1999, Russia has recorded approximately 13,532 cases of HIV infection. Since the costs of treatment are expensive for many countries, and especially for Russia, educational intervention appears to offer the most effective and affordable solution. A quasi‐experimental design, with pre/post tests and intervention (through video education)/control groups, was used to study 20 public schools in St. Petersburg, Russia. Results confirmed the lack of HIV/AIDS education in schools and insufficient information sources from parents, friends, and public health education. ANCOVA statistics demonstrated that use of video education significantly improved students' scores on knowledge and attitudes related to HIV/AIDS prevention. Thus, health educators should consider video education as an effective and efficient tool to present facts to a young audience when they face constraints of shortage of funds, lack of trained teachers, and scarcity of related information.