College Faculty Promotion of AIDS Awareness.

Autor/in	Chambliss, Catherine
Titel	College Faculty Promotion of AIDS Awareness.
Quelle	(1987), (7 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Leitfaden; Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome; College Faculty; College Students; Communicable Diseases; Course Content; Disease Control; Health Education; Higher Education; Information Needs; Knowledge Level; Student Attitudes; Teacher Role + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Fakultät; Collegestudent; Contagious disease; Contagious diseases; Communicable disease; Infektionskrankheit; Kursprogramm; Gesundheitsaufklärung; Gesundheitsbildung; Gesundheitserziehung; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Information need; Informationsbedürfnis; Wissensbasis; Schülerverhalten; Lehrerrolle
Abstract	Undergraduate students' educational needs concerning Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) and the faculty role in AIDS education are discussed. Results of a study at the Ursinus College (Pennsylvania) campus to assess both knowledge of and attitudes toward AIDS are summarized. Seventy-three percent of the 141 Introductory Psychology students sampled, reported moderate to extreme interest in learning more about AIDS. Although 98% of the sample reported learning much of what they knew about AIDS through the media, a fifth reported that the college staff had increased their understanding of this illness. Faculty can augment the Office of Student Life's educational programs by staying informed of new findings, allowing advisees to express their concerns about AIDs, and referring students to additional information sources. In addition, the classroom provides another forum to educate students about human sexuality; the AIDS problem can be used to illustrate various concepts in different courses. For example, a biology lecture could deal with viruses and a political science discussion could address minority rights or mandatory testing. (SW)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC