Title
Aids-related knowledge, attitudes, and behavior: A comparison of dutch students and dropouts
Author
TNO Preventie en Gezondheid
Vogels, T.
Brugman, E.
van Zessen, G.
Publication year
1999
Abstract
School dropouts are considered an important target group for AIDS prevention. They are expected to be less knowledgeable about AIDS and to show a higher degree of risky behavior as compared with their school-attending peers. Several small-scale studies among specific groups of dropouts seem to confirm such expectations. However, due to differences in methodology, it is often difficult to compare the results of such studies with findings for youths who have not dropped out of school. The present study sought to remedy this by examining AIDS-related knowledge, attitudes, and behavior among comparable samples of Dutch secondary school students and dropouts (excluding homeless and drug-addicted adolescents). The two groups were compared with regard to knowledge about AIDS prevention, attitude toward condom use, intention to use condoms, sexual history, and condom use. Contrary to expectations, few differences were found. It was concluded that, in most respects, dropouts are similar to those who have remained in school.
Subject
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
Adolescent
Employment
Female
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Humans
Male
Netherlands
Risk-Taking
Sexual Behavior
Student Dropouts
Students
Human
CH - Child Health
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TNO identifier
235050
ISSN
0001-8449
Source
Adolescence, 34 (34), 368-379
Document type
article