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Int J STD AIDS 2008;19:761-767
doi:10.1258/ijsa.2008.008053
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Effectiveness of peer education in HIV/STD prevention at different types of senior high schools in Shanghai, People's Republic of China

L X Shen MD * {dagger}, H Hong MD {ddagger} § , Y Cai MSc **, X M Jin MD {dagger}{dagger} and R Shi MSc **

* Department of Children and Adolescents Health Care, Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine; {dagger} Shanghai Key Laboratory of Children's Environmental Health, Shanghai 200092; {ddagger} Department of Child Health Care, Children's Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai 200032; § Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine; ** Department of Epidemiology, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Public Health, Shanghai 200025; {dagger}{dagger} Department of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, Shanghai Children's Medical Center, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200027, People's Republic of China

Correspondence to: Professor Huang Hong, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, 227 South Chongqing Road, Shanghai 200025, People's Republic of China Email:huanghong096{at}hotmail.com

The epidemic of HIV/AIDS greatly threatens Chinese youth. Our study was intended to examine the effectiveness of the peer education method in HIV/AIDS prevention in different types of senior high schools in Shanghai. A peer education intervention was conducted in 10 different types of senior high schools, including three key senior schools, four ordinary senior schools and three vocational schools in Shanghai for three months. A cohort of 1910 students was surveyed (n = 976 intervention group, n = 934 control group) through anonymous questionnaires, both pre- and postintervention. There were significant differences in the results among these different types of senior schools. Peer education is an efficient method of increasing the knowledge of AIDS/sexually transmitted diseases in senior school students. However, the contents and the schedule should be different between different types of schools, and students in vocational schools require more health education.

Key Words: high school • HIV/STD prevention • peer education • adolescent


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