Effectiveness of Feer Education Program in Improving Knowledge , Attitude, and Risk Behaviour Practices related to HIV Amongst Students at Universiti Putra Malaysia

The objectives of the study were to develop a peer-led education program module on HIV prevention, implement it and examine its effectiveness on university students. A randomized controlled study design was used in this study. A total of 276 respondents were randomly allocated into an intervention o...

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Main Author:	Ibrahim, Normala
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2012
Subjects:	Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
Online Access:	http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/22035/7/FPSK%28p%29%202012%203R.pdf
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spelling	my-upm-ir.220352017-09-12T04:13:54Z Effectiveness of Feer Education Program in Improving Knowledge , Attitude, and Risk Behaviour Practices related to HIV Amongst Students at Universiti Putra Malaysia 2012 Ibrahim, Normala The objectives of the study were to develop a peer-led education program module on HIV prevention, implement it and examine its effectiveness on university students. A randomized controlled study design was used in this study. A total of 276 respondents were randomly allocated into an intervention or control group. The intervention group received a five hour peer-led education program on HIV information and life skills on HIV prevention while the control group was given sessions on stress management and effective communication skills of similar duration. A validated, pretested questionnaire was used to measure the outcome on knowledge, attitude and risk behaviour practices related to HIV at baseline, immediate post test and three months follow up. The results showed there was a significant improvement in respondents’ HIV knowledge in the intervention group at immediate post test and three months follow up with a small effect size (p = 0.0001, partial η2 = 0.056). The intervention module was also effective in improving attitude related to HIV at immediate post test with a large effect size (p = 0.0001, partial η2 = 0.202). The improvement in substance risk behaviour was significant at three months follow up with a small effect size (p = 0.006, partial η2 = 0.027). However, there was no significant improvement in sexual risk behaviour observed after intervention (p = 0.993, partial η2 = 0.004). The interaction between group, time and ethnicity was significant for attitude related to HIV (p = 0.017) and substance risk behaviour (p = 0.0001). There was also significant interaction between group, time and gender for sexual risk behaviour (p = 0.039). Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice 2012 Thesis http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/22035/ http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/22035/7/FPSK%28p%29%202012%203R.pdf application/pdf en public phd doctoral Universiti Putra Malaysia Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice Faculty of Medicine and Health Science
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topic	Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
spellingShingle	Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Ibrahim, Normala Effectiveness of Feer Education Program in Improving Knowledge , Attitude, and Risk Behaviour Practices related to HIV Amongst Students at Universiti Putra Malaysia
description	The objectives of the study were to develop a peer-led education program module on HIV prevention, implement it and examine its effectiveness on university students. A randomized controlled study design was used in this study. A total of 276 respondents were randomly allocated into an intervention or control group. The intervention group received a five hour peer-led education program on HIV information and life skills on HIV prevention while the control group was given sessions on stress management and effective communication skills of similar duration. A validated, pretested questionnaire was used to measure the outcome on knowledge, attitude and risk behaviour practices related to HIV at baseline, immediate post test and three months follow up. The results showed there was a significant improvement in respondents’ HIV knowledge in the intervention group at immediate post test and three months follow up with a small effect size (p = 0.0001, partial η2 = 0.056). The intervention module was also effective in improving attitude related to HIV at immediate post test with a large effect size (p = 0.0001, partial η2 = 0.202). The improvement in substance risk behaviour was significant at three months follow up with a small effect size (p = 0.006, partial η2 = 0.027). However, there was no significant improvement in sexual risk behaviour observed after intervention (p = 0.993, partial η2 = 0.004). The interaction between group, time and ethnicity was significant for attitude related to HIV (p = 0.017) and substance risk behaviour (p = 0.0001). There was also significant interaction between group, time and gender for sexual risk behaviour (p = 0.039).
format	Thesis
qualification_name	Doctor of Philosophy (PhD.)
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author	Ibrahim, Normala
author_facet	Ibrahim, Normala
author_sort	Ibrahim, Normala
title	Effectiveness of Feer Education Program in Improving Knowledge , Attitude, and Risk Behaviour Practices related to HIV Amongst Students at Universiti Putra Malaysia
title_short	Effectiveness of Feer Education Program in Improving Knowledge , Attitude, and Risk Behaviour Practices related to HIV Amongst Students at Universiti Putra Malaysia
title_full	Effectiveness of Feer Education Program in Improving Knowledge , Attitude, and Risk Behaviour Practices related to HIV Amongst Students at Universiti Putra Malaysia
title_fullStr	Effectiveness of Feer Education Program in Improving Knowledge , Attitude, and Risk Behaviour Practices related to HIV Amongst Students at Universiti Putra Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed	Effectiveness of Feer Education Program in Improving Knowledge , Attitude, and Risk Behaviour Practices related to HIV Amongst Students at Universiti Putra Malaysia
title_sort	effectiveness of feer education program in improving knowledge , attitude, and risk behaviour practices related to hiv amongst students at universiti putra malaysia
granting_institution	Universiti Putra Malaysia
granting_department	Faculty of Medicine and Health Science
publishDate	2012
url	http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/22035/7/FPSK%28p%29%202012%203R.pdf
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