Effect of a multimedia CD (Xero Risk Planet) on Metropolitan Lima school teenagers knowledge, attitudes and practices on sexually transmitted diseases and HIV/AIDS

Authors

  • Aníbal Velásquez Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Posgrado de Economía de la Salud. Consultor en evaluación de programas sociales y de salud. Lima, Perú

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15381/anales.v66i3.1348

Keywords:

Teaching materials, audiovisual aids, sexually transmitted diseases, adolescence, acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, HIV infections

Abstract

Objectives: To determine the effect of the CD Xero Risk Planet on Lima school teenagers knowledge, attitudes and practices on relation to STD and HIV/AIDS. Materials and Methods: The study was done in a random sample of fourth and fifth grade high school students from 26 schools. A questionnaire of knowledge, attitudes and practices was applied to 454 teenagers (14 to 17 years old), before and after the use of the educational CD. Results: Twenty-two percent of interviewed teenagers had had sex, about 8% had undergone some type of sexual abuse. Knowledge on STD and HIV/AIDS transmission and prevention increased (20%, 21% and 16%, respectively) following the intervention. Also, 9% more teenagers think to use condom during their sexual relations. Conclusions: The Xero Risk Planet CD has been acknowledged by young people as a useful and entertaining way of learning on STDs and HIV/ AIDS prevention. The results of the study demonstrate that this educational tool significantly improved young peoples’ knowledge on the subject.

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Published

2005-09-19

Issue

Vol. 66 No. 3 (2005)

Section

Trabajos originales

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Copyright (c) 2005 Aníbal Velásquez

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Velásquez A. Effect of a multimedia CD (Xero Risk Planet) on Metropolitan Lima school teenagers knowledge, attitudes and practices on sexually transmitted diseases and HIV/AIDS. An Fac med [Internet]. 2005 Sep. 19 [cited 2024 Aug. 31];66(3):232-40. Available from: https://revistasinvestigacion.unmsm.edu.pe/index.php/anales/article/view/1348