One method for assessing HIV/AIDS peer-education programs

• Published in: Journal of adolescent health Vol. 21; no. 2; pp. 76 - 79
• Main Authors: Haignere, Clara S., Freudenberg, Nicholas, Silver, Diana R., Maslanka, Halina, Kelley, Janet T.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY Elsevier Inc 01-08-1997; Elsevier Science
• Subjects: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome; Adolescent; AIDS/HIV; Assessment; Biological and medical sciences; Educational Programs; Female; Health Education; Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; High schools; HIV Infections - prevention & control; HIV/AIDS; Human immunodeficiency virus; Humans; Immunodeficiencies; Immunodeficiencies. Immunoglobulinopathies; Immunopathology; Knowledge; Male; Medical sciences; New York City, New York; Peer education; Peer Group; Peer Influence; Peer instruction; Peer pressure; Prevention; Prevention and actions; Program Evaluation; Program Evaluation - methods; Public health. Hygiene; Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine; Research Methodology; Self-esteem; Specific populations (family, woman, child, elderly...); Students; Surveys and Questionnaires; USA; HIV/AIDS; Peer pressure; Self-esteem; Peer education; Knowledge; Human; Immunopathology; Evaluation; Social influence; Peer relation; Methodology; AIDS; Health education; Immune deficiency; School environment; Infection; Prevention; Viral disease; Adolescent; Public health
• ISSN: 1054-139X; 1879-1972
• DOI: 10.1016/S1054-139X(97)00005-0

This study offers a new evaluation methodology for peer-education programs. Peer educators' knowledge, self-esteem, peer pressure, and the number of friends, neighbors, and relatives given HIV/AIDS information were compared before and after training using self-administered questionnaires. Significant changes were observed in knowledge, peer pressure, self-efficacy, numbers of people given condoms, number of formal and informal HIV/AIDS presentations, and numbers of HIV/AIDS discussions with friends and neighbors.