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Older adults and HIV/AIDS
— implications for educators | | Author(s) | Scott D Wright, Marjean Drost, Michael S Caserta |
| Journal title | Gerontology & Geriatrics Education, vol 18, no 4, 1998 |
| Pages | pp 3-21 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | AIDS ; Adult Education ; Attitude ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Despite the increasing awareness of HIV/AIDS issues in the US, there has been a lack of research examining older people's levels of knowledge about the disease. This article gives an overview of the HIV/AIDS problem, notes older adults' concerns, and reports on a research project which found a sample of older people generally knowledgeable about HIV/AIDS issues. Almost a third of the sample, however, lacked knowledge about the mechanisms for the transmission of the disease, or any accurate understanding of confidentiality issues regarding testing. The oldest respondents had the least accurate knowledge about the disease, indicating that educational courses for older people would be beneficial. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-980723001 A |
| Classmark | CQTT: GP: DP: 7T |
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