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ERIC Number: EJ488028
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1994
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ISSN: ISSN-1063-4266
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Seriously Emotionally Disturbed Students' Knowledge and Attitudes about AIDS.
Singh, Ashvind N.; And Others
Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, v2 n3 p156-63 Jul 1994
Evaluation of knowledge and attitudes of 220 adolescents with severe emotional disturbances toward AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) and HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) infection found most students knew the main modes of HIV transmission. Student age, race, and gender were related to level of knowledge and attitudes toward people with AIDS and toward behaviors possibly leading to HIV infection. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Adolescents, Behavior Problems, Disease Control, Emotional Disturbances, Health Education, Knowledge Level, Secondary Education, Severe Disabilities, Social Attitudes, Student Attitudes
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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