Professional preparation programs should provide future elementary teachers opportunities to develop competence in dealing with school-related AIDS issues. Curriculum writers and instructors of preservice elementary teachers could be more effective if they were aware of this groups' beliefs about school-related AIDS issues. A survey was conducted to assess the beliefs and opinions of preservice elementary teachers about school-related AIDS issues. Subjects (n = 157) generally agreed they would eventually have a child with AIDS in their classroom and agreed AIDS education should be included in the elementary grades, yet a substantial number did not believe they understood the basics about AIDS. Less than one-third indicated they knew how to clean up blood or body fluids safely. About one-third indicated they would feel personally threatened to teach a student with AIDS. These results are reflected in recommended AIDS educational content and resources for preservice elementary teachers and future research in this area.
J Sch Health
- School Teachers
- Recommendations
- Surveys
- Northern America
- Primary Schools
- Diseases
- Research Report
- Education
- Male
- Studies
- Adult
- HIV Infections
- Viral Diseases
- Sampling Studies
- Knowledge
- North America
- Students
- Psychological Factors
- Behavior
- School Health Services
- Americas
- Developed Countries
- Humans
- Schools
- Population
- Health Education
- Population Characteristics
- Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome--prevention And Control
- United States
- Female
- Hiv Infections--prevention And Control
- Research Methodology
- Attitude
- Teaching
- Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
- Surveys And Questionnaires
- Demographic Factors
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