Effectiveness of a Structured Teaching Program on Knowledge and Attitudes Toward HIV among Young Women in India. Issue 2 (3rd April 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Devarayasamudram, Sujayalakshmi; De Gagne, Jennie C.; Kurudi, Neeraja P.; Kang, Hee Sun
• Is Part Of: Journal of community health nursing. Volume 35:Issue 2(2018)
• Page Start: 49
• Page End: 56
• Publication Date: 2018-04-03
• Subjects: Community health nursing -- Periodicals; 362.14
• DOI: 10.1080/07370016.2018.1446632
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0737-0016

Abstract

ABSTRACT: India has the third highest number of persons living with HIV in the world. We evaluated the effectiveness of a structured teaching program on HIV-related knowledge and attitudes among 600 young women, aged 20–40 years, in India. This study employed a quasi-experimental pre–post design. Significant differences were found in the level of the participants' knowledge of ( t = 78.89, p < .05) and attitudes toward ( t = 64.14, p < .05) HIV after the intervention. Our findings suggest that the structured teaching program could be utilized in increasing young women's knowledge of, and improving their attitudes about, HIV.