Parents' Perceptions of the Appropriateness of AIDS Education Topics for Their Eighth Grade School Children.

Acosta, Veronica M.

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ERIC Number: EJ443778

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Publication Date: 1992

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Parents' Perceptions of the Appropriateness of AIDS Education Topics for Their Eighth Grade School Children.

Acosta, Veronica M.

Journal of Health Education, v23 n1 p45-50 Feb 1992

A questionnaire that included topics derived from the Surgeon General's Report on AIDS was sent to 148 parents. Responses indicated that most parents favored all topics as appropriate. They were more supportive of sex-related AIDS education topics than they were of sex education a few years ago. (SM)

Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Curriculum Evaluation, Disease Control, Grade 8, Health Education, Health Promotion, Junior High Schools, Parent Attitudes, Public Health, Questionnaires, Sex Education, Sexually Transmitted Diseases

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Language: English

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