英文摘要 |
The purposes of this study were to explore the effect of the educational intervention on AIDS-related knowledge as well as perceived barrier, social support, self-efficacy and behavioral intention of taking preventive measures for the female students in the vocational high schools. The non-equivalent pretest-posttest control group design was used in this study. Four classes of the 10th grade students form the 'A' vocational High School in Keelung were selected as the sample and randomly assigned into the experimental (n=101) and control (n=50) groups with two classes in each group. Meanwhile, two classes of the 10th grade students from the 'B' High School in the same educational district were selected as the out-of-school control group to detect the possible contamination effects caused by the interaction between the students of the experimental and the in-school control groups. All the students completed the pre-test questionnaire with the above mentioned variables. Cronbach's alpha for the indices ranged from .60 to .96 Later on only the students from the experimental group participated in a series of three-hour AIDS educational course in three weeks. The post-test was taken by all three groups as soon as the course was finished and a follow-up test was given to them four weeks later. The data were analyzed by using Two-Factors Analysis of Repeated Measurement. The following conclusions were drawn from the study: The scores of the students' knowledge, perceived social support, perceived barrier and behavioral intention of taking preventive measure of the experimental group were significant higher than those of the control group both one week after the intervention and four weeks later. The scores of the students' self-efficacy of taking preventive measure against AIDS of the experimental group were no significant of difference between these two groups both one week after the intervention and four weeks later. Based on the findings mentioned above the researchers suggested that the educational program emphasized perceived social support and self-efficacy of taking preventive measures against AIDS should be launched on the campus as to help the students to protect themselves. |