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DOCN M94A2269
TI Evaluation of AIDS knowledge before and after the Magic Johnson
announcement.
DT 9412
AU Calmes D; Brown CP; Singleton AF; Dept. of Pediatrics & Ob-Gyn,
King-Drew Medical Center, Los; Angeles, CA 90059.
SO Int Conf AIDS. 1994 Aug 7-12;10(1):342 (abstract no. PC0304). Unique
Identifier : AIDSLINE ICA10/94370306
AB OBJECTIVE: To evaluate current AIDS knowledge in an underserved minority
population before and after Magic Johnson's announcement (MJA) that he
was HIV (+). To evaluate an educational intervention. METHODS: An AIDS
knowledge survey was administered to 25 mother-child dyads in the
waiting room of the King-Drew Pediatric Clinic in 1991 before and after
the MJA. In 1994, a randomized intervention program was initiated in
which the intervention group viewed 2 AIDS videos featuring Magic
Johnson. RESULTS: the 1991 pre-MJA survey, 66.7% of both Black mothers
(B) and children achieved a 70% score. Among Hispanics (H), 62.5% of
mothers and 37.5% of children achieved a score of 70%. In the post MJA
survey 88.9% of B-mothers passed while only 44.4% B-children passed.
Both H-mothers and H-children scored the same as in the first survey.
Preliminary results from the 1994 survey have demonstrated that AIDS
knowledge improved after the educational intervention. CONCLUSION: The
initial survey demonstrated the need to educate high-risk minority
populations. And suggested an increase in AIDS knowledge among B-mothers
after MJA which was not evident among B-children, H-mothers or
H-children. Finally, educational intervention will increase and maintain
AIDS knowledge if the presentation includes visually interactive methods
that are culturally-specific.
DE Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/*PREVENTION & CONTROL/ TRANSMISSION
Adult *Basketball Child Evaluation Studies *Famous Persons Female
*Health Education *Hispanic Americans Human Knowledge, Attitudes,
Practice Male *Negroid Race Videotape Recording CLINICAL TRIAL
MEETING ABSTRACT RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL
SOURCE: National Library of Medicine. NOTICE: This material may be
protected by Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.Code).