Lu LZ, Sun SX, Chang CC, Niu NW, Wang WY, Zhang ZH, Gao GY; International Conference on AIDS.

Int Conf AIDS. 2002 Jul 7-12; 14: abstract no. TuPeF5351.

Peking University, Beijing, China

Background Peer education about AIDS/STD/safer sex were carried out among first year students from four universities and high school students from two schools in Beijing during 1998 and 2000. Qualitative research was used to evaluate the effect of this program as the complement to quantitative study. Methods 27 focus group discussions and 47 in-depth interviews were conducted among some educated students after peer education. Abundant feedback information was collected from the discussions and interviews. Results The main findings of this study were as follows: (1) This kind of education was necessary to them and could meet their needs. Many students said that they had considered AIDS as a kind of disease only belonging to foreigners and far away from Chinese people before the education. After the education, they realized that AIDS was not far away from themselves now because they started to understand the epidemic trends in China and in the world, and understand that everybody could be at risk. (2) The education about condom use for HIV prevention challenges the Chinese traditional values. The students believed that university students and high school students had better not to have pre-marital sex in order to avoid STDs, HIV and unexpected pregnancy. If premarital sex was to happen, condoms should be used. Condom-use strategy in other countries was considered an effective preventive method. (3) Almost all students praised the peer education as a successful practice. Many students expressed that they wanted to become peer educators and suggested that peer education should be carried out more widely. Conclusions Qualitative study is an effective method to evaluate a program. This study indicates that peer education is suitable and feasible for AIDS/STD/safer sex education for young people.

Publication Types:

• Meeting Abstracts

Keywords:

• Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
• Adolescent
• Behavior
• China
• Condoms
• Demography
• Evaluation Studies
• Female
• HIV Infections
• Humans
• Interpersonal Relations
• Patient Education as Topic
• Peer Group
• Pregnancy
• Schools
• Sexual Behavior
• Sexually Transmitted Diseases
• Students
• Teaching
• education

Other ID:

• GWAIDS0015823

UI: 102253321

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