Survey of Alaskans Knowledge, Attitudes, and Beliefs: AIDS

Abstract:
[Archived] In this survey, Alaskans were polled on their knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs about AIDS, as well as their position on whether AIDS education should be taught in schools. Of the 513 statewide responses received, 95.8% answered yes to the question, Should education about AIDS be schools as part of a comprehensive health education curriculum? In addition, 85.2% answered yes to the question, Do you think that a comprehensive health education curriculum should include instruction on condoms as a preventative measure? Comparing the new data with that from similar polls taken annually since 1986, a significant increase could be seen in the number of respondents who indicated they would let their child attend school even if they knew another child there had AIDS (this 1988 survey was the first to ask about issues of AIDS instruction). Longitudinal data also revealed that misconceptions and fears about the transmission of AIDS had been allayed by various education efforts.


Date Published: 2/1/1989

Pages: 52

Location Code: 8003