Correlates of AIDS-related knowledge and awareness among youth in Los Padrinos, California, juvenile hall.
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Title
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Correlates of AIDS-related knowledge and awareness among youth in Los Padrinos, California, juvenile hall.
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Identifier
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AAI9630462
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identifier
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9630462
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Creator
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Gotthelf-Farrell, Kathleen.
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Contributor
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Adviser: Charles Winick
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Date
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1996
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Language
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English
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Publisher
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City University of New York.
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Subject
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Sociology, Public and Social Welfare | Sociology, Ethnic and Racial Studies | Education, Health | Health Sciences, Public Health
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Abstract
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Knowledge is shaped and conditioned by social factors; social and demographic factors impact an individual's integration of knowledge and its application. This study examines the social and demographic characteristics of individuals which are associated with the amount of accurate knowledge which they hold about how AIDS is contracted, its effect on the body, and which social, sexual and needle related behaviors explain statistically significant variation in the AIDS related knowledge and awareness of Black and Hispanic adolescents incarcerated in a California juvenile facility. Blacks and Hispanics exhibit a higher percentage of AIDS than their respective percentages of the U.S. population; an understanding of factors related to AIDS knowledge to develop programs aimed at decreasing AIDS related behaviors, particularly among high risk adolescents, is essential. Data were collected from 230 male and female teen inmates in Los Angeles County using The National Health Interview Survey. Conclusions of the study identified a low general knowledge and awareness of transmission of the virus among this high risk population. Relationships between sexual and needle practices are related to knowledge and awareness, and females exhibit higher levels of AIDS knowledge. Significantly, adolescents who exhibited indicators of greater self esteem possessed more AIDS knowledge than peers, as did juveniles who had greater contact with their fathers. These findings suggest that knowledge is affected by social conditioning. Culturally sensitive education programs which build upon an awareness of social influences to which juveniles are exposed are necessary.
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Type
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dissertation
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Source
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PQT Legacy CUNY.xlsx
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degree
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Ph.D.
