Download or read book The Relationship Between Perceived Susceptibility to AIDS AIDS Knowledge and Presenting for an HIV Test Among Late Adolescent and Young Adult College Students written by Steven Russin and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Effect of Perceived Susceptibility of Disease and HIV Testing Among US Young Adult Population written by Ashley Marie Young and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Center for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that all patients be routinely tested for HIV in all health care settings. It is also recommended that patients who exhibit HIV risk factors (i.e. injection drug use and high risk sexual behaviors) be tested once a year at minimum. In 2009 the highest numbers of new HIV diagnoses were reported for people between the ages of 20 and 24 years of age including 6,237 new diagnoses. The current study utilizes the HBM to examine beliefs associated with preventative sexual health behavior in a diverse young adult population. Specifically, "perceived susceptibility" of HIV was observed as a factor that may affect young adults, aged 18-24 years old, in ever receiving HIV testing. Of the targeted population surveyed, 38.5% reported ever receiving an HIV test. After adjustment for baseline characteristics, a positive relationship was observed between perceived susceptibility and HIV testing. Participants with a "low" perceived susceptibility had 1.40 times the odds of receiving HIV testing than those who perceived no risk (OR:1.40; 95%CI: 1.11-1.76). Those that perceived their risk to be "high/medium" had 2.12 times the odds of receiving HIV testing than those who perceived no risk (OR: 2.12; 95% CI: 1.06-4.23). This research implies a need to educate the US young adult population on the risk factors of HIV/AIDS.
Download or read book The Examination of Perceived Susceptibility and Threat of HIV AIDS in College Students and Their Personal and Response efficacy about Prophylactics written by MacKenzie C. Mixer and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this study is to explore the perceptions of college students' attitudes toward contracting the HIV virus and their perceived efficacy of prophylactics to prevent contagion. This information will be used to propose a health communication campaign about HIV/AIDS among the college student community. A series of demographic and health-related variables (gender, age, last sexual encounter, marital status, age of first sexual encounter, and stigma) will be investigated for potential relationships to the central dependent variables (perceived susceptibility, perceived threat, perceived response efficacy, and perceived personal efficacy). This research is theoretically grounded in Hochbaum, Rosenstock, and Kegels' (1950) Health Belief Model (HBM). While American college students are the largest population to have sexually transmitted infections (STI's), perceptions of communicable viruses have not been studied in this manner with this population while keeping demographic and sexual history relevant. A college-student-focused information campaign that is grounded in theory is suggested after analyzing the results. Results indicated that age of first sexual encounter was a positive predictor of perceived susceptibility to the HIV/AIDS virus in college students and being female increased amount of sexual communication. Results also indicated the HIV/AIDS virus is still highly stigmatized and is primarily associated with homosexuals.
Download or read book AIDS and Adolescents written by Lorraine Sherr and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 1997 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text provides insight into a wide range of adolescent issues. A series of contributions examines facts and fictions associated with adolescent risk, challenging some of the basic current notions underpinning approaches to the subject.
Download or read book The Effect of Knowledge about AIDS on Perceived Susceptibility to Acquiring HIV Among College Students written by Casey Matthew Mulqueen and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Factors Influencing the Decision to be Tested for HIV Among Heterosexual College Students written by Aisha Nikkia King and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Given the lack of an appropriate vaccine or an effective treatment for AIDS, more attention has been focused on controlling the threat of the disease, particularly through efforts to increase widespread behavioral change. HIV antibody testing has been advocated as an important intervention to influence people to practice safer sex to decrease the risk of infection with HIV (CDC, 2003; Wilson & Jaccard, 1993). The theory of reasoned action and planned behavior (Ajzen, 1975. 1991) was used to explore the factors that influence HIV testing decisions among 186 sexually active heterosexual college students. According to the TPB, the most important determinant of an individuals' HIV testing is his/her behavioral intention to be tested for HIV. The present research operationalized all components of the TPB model and several extensions including attitudes (perceived benefits & HIV testing Beliefs), subjective norm (college norm and friend/family/sexual partner norm), perceived behavioral control, and perceived barriers. The role of anticipated regret was explored as well as the relationship between returning for test results and several model variables. Results revealed that despite a relatively high knowledge level, students are continuing to engage in a multitude of HIV risk behaviors that are not translating into an increased likelihood of being tested for HIV. The hypothesized relations among the study independent variables and HIV testing intentions and behavior were partially supported in the regression analyses. HIV testing intentions was significantly related to perceived benefits and anticipated regret, whereas HIV testing behavior was significantly related to college norm, family/friend/sexual partner norm, HIV testing beliefs, and perceived behavioral control. As noted in the literature review, the present research was the first of its kind to apply the full TRA/TPB model to HIV testing intentions in college students. Overall, the TPB model variables (attitudes [perceived benefits, testing beliefs], subjective norms [college norms, family/friend/sexual partners' norms], perceived behavioral control and anticipated regret, accounted for a significant amount of the variance in HIV testing intentions, approximately 30%. This was particularly the case with non tested students. These findings offers support for the use of the full TRA/TPB model variables in research on variables that may influence decisions to be tested for those who have never been tested. The general findings of this research are that the TRA/TPB is a useful and valuable model to use as a framework to inform HIV testing interventions.
Download or read book Relationship Between HIV Knowledge Perceived Threat HIV Risk Behaviors HIV Testing History and Prior Sexuality Education Among College Students in an Urban University written by and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this study was to determine if there was a relationship between HIV knowledge, perception of HIV risk and severity, prior sexuality education, and HIV risk behaviors among college students. The participants of this study consisted of a convenience sample of students who attended a large Midwestern urban university during the fall quarter of the 2006-2007 academic year. Most students were female, white, and heterosexual. It was concluded that sexual risk behaviors were affected by both HIV knowledge levels and whether or not sexuality education was received. Furthermore, it was concluded that a relationship existed between several factors: condom use frequency, HIV knowledge, number of partners in the past year, personal beliefs regarding HIV transmission, sex while under the influence of drugs or alcohol, and the type of sexuality education received.
Download or read book The Utility of the Health Belief Model in Predicting Young Adults HIV Preventative Behaviors written by Susan Jessica Watkins and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Relationship Between Perceived Risk Knowledge of HIV AIDS and Risky Sexual Behaviors Among College Students in New Mexico written by Rebecca Lynn Fowler and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book An Exploratory Study written by Adriann Standberry and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Assessment of Attitudes and Norms about HIV Testing Among College Students in India Using Theory of Reasoned Action written by Medha Rahal Kar Sasané and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book College Students Knowledge of Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Willingness to Participate in Screening written by Alison Campbell and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An estimated 1.2 million adults and adolescents are living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in the United States and approximately 50,000 are newly infected each year. If HIV is left untreated, the disease will eventually progress to acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). HIV continues to be a concern in public health, yet the public perception about the severity of the HIV epidemic has declined in recent years. Although research suggests that college students are highly educated on modes of transmission for HIV, they continue to practice risky sexual behaviors that will increase their risk of HIV transmission. The researchers in this study utilized a descriptive, non-experimental, quantitative design to determine college students' knowledge regarding HIV and their willingness to be tested for HIV. Data analysis revealed that college age students were not knowledgeable of HIV. Findings revealed a great need for further education regarding HIV knowledge and HIV testing among college students in the southeastern United States.
Download or read book III International Conference on Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome AIDS written by and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Psychosocial Factors that Contribute to HIV AIDS Risk Behaviors Among Young Black College Women written by Binta D. Alleyne and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The primary purpose of this dissertation was to investigate the relationship between certain factors associated with the Theory of Gender and Power including: sexual relationships, condom use self-efficacy, substance use, and.perceived risk to HIV/AIDS risk behaviors among young Black college women. It provides an intellectual context for empirically-based and theory-supported interventions geared toward this population. African American women are disproportionately burdened by Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS). Statistics show that African American women account for 64% of all HIV/AIDS cases reported in 2005 compared to White women at 19% and Hispanic women at 15% (CDC, 2005). Typically, the majority of HIV/AIDS research focuses on prevention for lowincome, substance abusing minority women, adolescents, and men who have sex with men (MSM), while young Black college women are ignored as a risk group. Though this group does not have some of the common risk factors commonly associated with HIV such as poverty, injection drug use, or low levels of education, they still engage in behaviors that place them at risk for contracting HIV. This study consisted of convenience sample of 189 young Black women from Clark Atlanta University between the ages of 18 and 24. Participants were recruited through various campus student organizations. A hierarchical multiple regression analysis was used to test each research hypothesis. Results indicated that type(s) of sexual relationship was the strongest predictor of condom use among young Black college women and accounted for 2.5% of the variance in their condom use. HIV/AIDS knowledge, condom use self-efficacy, substance use nor HIV/AIDS perceived risk predicted this sample's condom use.
Download or read book Understanding HIV and STI Prevention for College Students written by Leo Wilton and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-09-19 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, young people aged 18 to 25 are at a significant risk for acquiring and transmitting HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) and other STIs (sexually transmitted infections). Primary developmental processes that place college students particularly at risk include the experience of intimacy, sexual desires and the centrality of the peer group. During these routine developmental processes, college students experiment with unprotected sex, multiple sex partners and alcohol and illicit drugs, all of which are contributing risk factors for HIV/STI infections. Early diagnosis, treatment and prevention of HIV and other STIs is germane to promoting the sexual health of college students and reducing high HIV/STI infection rates among young people. This edited volume will provide innovative and cutting-edge approaches to prevention for college students and will have a major impact on advancing the interdisciplinary fields of higher education and public health. It will explore core ideas such as hooking up culture, sexual violence, LGBT and students of color, as well as HIV and STI prevention in community colleges, rural colleges and minority serving institutions.
Download or read book Knowledge Perceived Susceptibility and Sexual Behaviors Related to HIV in College Freshman sic written by Faith L. Daum and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Perceptions of Health Knowledge of HIV AIDS and HIV Risk related Behavior Among Dartmouth College Students written by Stephanie A. Canada and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
