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Document 0486
DOCN M9630486
TI Patterns of communication about AIDS among Hispanic and Anglo
adolescents.
DT 9603
AU Hofstetter CR; Hovell MF; Myers CA; Blumberg E; Sipan C; Yuasa T;
Kreitner S; Department of Political Science, San Diego State
University,; California, USA.
SO Am J Prev Med. 1995 Jul-Aug;11(4):231-7. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
MED/96019078
AB This study examined exposure to AIDS information from mass media and
interpersonal communication among a nonprobability sample of Hispanic
and Anglo lower middle-class adolescents. Subjects were drawn
predominantly from community health clinics, word of mouth recruiting,
public service announcements, churches, schools, and health fairs in San
Diego County. Both Hispanic (n = 220) and Anglo (n = 159) youths
reported substantial exposure to information about AIDS from both mass
media and interpersonal communication. Hispanics watched more general
television than Anglos, but had less exposure to newspapers and
interpersonal communication with friends. Communication among friends
was most consistently related to sociodemographic variables, with older,
higher status persons and girls communicating to the greatest extent.
Boys reported the greatest communication with family. Anglo youths had
greater exposure to information about AIDS and condoms regardless of the
medium of communication, while Hispanic adolescents had greater exposure
to information on risks of IV drug use. Of the three main types of mass
media, print and radio provided the most exposure to AIDS information.
It is important for preventive medicine practitioners to exploit these
differences in communication patterns when planning preventive
intervention strategies that target specific adolescent populations.
DE Adolescence Analysis of Variance California *Communication
Comparative Study *Cross-Cultural Comparison Factor Analysis,
Statistical Family Female Hispanic Americans Human HIV
Infections/*PREVENTION & CONTROL Interpersonal Relations *Knowledge,
Attitudes, Practice Male Mass Media Peer Group Support, U.S. Gov't,
P.H.S. Whites JOURNAL ARTICLE
SOURCE: National Library of Medicine. NOTICE: This material may be
protected by Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.Code).