Training Programme on HIV/AIDS for Adolescents: an Experimental Study

ISBN-13: 9783659924507 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 220 str.

Smriti Arora; Jyoti Sarin

Opis

HIV infection poses the greatest threat to human health mainly affecting young adults. Realising the magnitude of HIV infection globally this quasi experimental study was conducted to assess the effectiveness of a training programme on HIV/AIDS on knowledge, attitude and practices of adolescents related to HIV/AIDS in selected schools of New Delhi. Adolescents studying in class eleventh and twelfth were exposed to a training programme on HIV AIDS according to their cognitive level comprising of group teaching strategies like story telling session, video demonstrations and case based scenarios. At the end, adolescents KAP scores related to HIV/AIDS significantly increased.

O autorze

Dr. Smriti Arora is currently working as Assistant Professor with Hamdard University. She completed her Ph.D.(Pediatric nursing) from National Consortium, INC,India and BSN and MSN from AIIMS, New Delhi. She is a master trainer for HIV/AIDS and neonatal resuscitation. She has innumerable national and international publications to her credit.