HIV/AIDS Education

Peer education or lecture increases HIV/AIDS knowledge among college students

Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, August 23rd, 2005

Peer education or a singe-session lecture increases HIV/AIDS knowledge among college students.

"The goal of this study was to assess the impact of peer education and single-session educational lectures on HIV/AIDS knowledge and attitude change among university students (n=157 male, n=230 female; mean age=20) on the campuses of two metropolitan state universities in Ankara, Turkey.

"The students were randomly selected to participate in peer education (n=204), single-session lecture (n=74) or wait-list control (n=109) groups," wrote investigators in the United States.

"Statistical analyses reveal significant differences in knowledge...

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