Author/Authors :
Baghianimoghadam, M.H. yazd shahid sadoghi university of medical sciences - Faculty of Health - Department of Health Services, ايران , Forghani, H. yazd shahid sadoghi university of medical sciences - Faculty of Health, ايران , Zolghadr, R. yazd shahid sadoghi university of medical sciences - Faculty of Health, ايران , Rahaei, Z. yazd shahid sadoghi university of medical sciences - Faculty of Health, ايران , Khani, P. yazd shahid sadoghi university of medical sciences - Research and Clinical Center for Infertility, ايران
Abstract :
Peer-led programmes on AIDS prevention have shown a good level of effectiveness when tested among high-risk populations. This study compared peer-led and teacher-led methods of education about HIV/AIDS among female high-school students in Yazd city, Islamic Republic of Iran. In 2009 students in 3 high schools were trained by their classmates (peer-led), by the research team (teacher-led) or had no education (controls); 180 students completed a specially designed questionnaire based on the health belief model, before and after the intervention. Post-intervention mean knowledge scores increased 2-fold in the peer-led group, and this was significantly higher than the increase in the teacher-led group scores (1.5-fold). Control group scores were unchanged. In the peer-led programme all of the components of the model were significantly improved whereas in the teacher-led programme, only perceived severity and perceived barriers scored significantly higher after the intervention.
