Marseille 2007
| Abstract #358 - SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC AND BEHAVIORAL VARIABLES LIKE RELATED TO HIV/AIDS EPIDEMIC AND IMPACT OF PREVENTIVE CAMPAIGNS IN ADOLESCENTS | ||||
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Session: 6.66: Posters A (Poster) on Monday in Chaired by Authors: Presenting Author: Mrs Juana Bretn Lpez - University of Castellon, Spain |
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| Additional Authors: Mrs Juana Bretn-Lpez, Mr Gualberto Buela-Casal, | ||||
| Aim: The increasing infections by HIV around the world and last data which indicate that more than 4 millions of new infections have occurred in 2006 represents a very serious situation. In spite of the continuous research around a vaccine against HIV/AIDS, at the present time the primary prevention before the infection occurs is the most important to prevent the advance of epidemic. The study of different psychological variables related to AIDS epidemic and preventive interventions has been carried out in different studies. In this work, sociodemographic and behavioral variables related AIDS and impact of preventive campaigns in adolescents are studied. | ||||
| Method / Issue: This work design is cuasi-experimental study according with Montero and Len (2005). The sample is composed by 913 adolescents (46% males and 54% females). The age mean of women is 16,03 and the SD is 1,35. The age mean of men is 15,85 and the SD is 1,25. It was assessed the age, urban/rural place of residence and frequency of the use of condom like variables relevant to the research. A selection of the AIDS prevention campaigns were used in the study to know the influence of the independent variables in the impact reached by the advertising. | ||||
| Results / Comments: The most important results in the study are the significant statistic differences according with age groups in the impact reached of the advertising. In addition, the frequency of the condom use between adolescent was a relevant variable in the impact of used campaigns. | ||||
| Discussion: These results pretend to be a contribution in the fight against of the HIV/AIDS epidemic by knowing the relevant variables in the prevention. Also, the information can be useful to constitute guidelines in the design of the advertising aimed to adolescents. | ||||
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