Since the AIDS epidemic was recognized, information on safer sex
has been assumed to be the most crucial means of preventing further
spread of the disease. But how well has AIDS education worked? What
kinds of education work best and for whom? This study is the first
to provide an in-depth analysis of the results of AIDS education
programs and to explore the psychosocial factors that affect
behavioral responses to education.
B. R. Simon Rosser provides a detailed profile of a specific
population at risk, including factors such as sexual behavior,
psychology, religious affiliation, legal status, and
discrimination. Using comparative measures of behavior,
personality, social status, attitudes, and risk-taking, he
identifies important differences between homosexual men who engage
in safer sex and those who do not. Finally, he evaluates the impact
of different approaches to AIDS education. Examining both positive
and negative effects, Rosser shows that the spread of the HIV virus
was actually accelerated by a national education campaign utilizing
fear, and contrasts this result with four international
gay-sensitive education campaigns that produced positive changes in
behavior and lifestyle. He discusses ways in which AIDS education
must develop in order to become more effective, together with
crucial changes that are needed in both the gay population and the
larger community if HIV transmission is to be halted. This study is
a valuable resource for education and research in AIDS prevention,
sexual behavior, psychovenereology, education, health, and related
disciplines.
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