Health Belief toward AIDS among Juvenile Delinquents in a Community Setting

某社區保護管束中的青少年對愛滋病的健康信念

10.30171/JYUST.200612.0002

汪惠芬(Huey-Fen Wang)；張媚(Mei Chang)

健康信念模式 ； 愛滋病 ； 青少年 ； Health Belief Model ； AIDS ； adolescent

元培學報

13期（2006 / 12 / 01）

9 - 20

英文

本研究根據健康信念模式，目的為描述某社區接受保護管束的青少年對愛滋病的認識及對愛滋病預防與使用保險套的信念。研究對象為北台灣某社區少年法庭的保護管束者，包括22名男生與8名女生，平均年齡14.9歲。採結構式問卷進行資料收集。研究結果發現研究對象在研究前六個月內有發生性行為的比率為10%，對愛滋病的認識同時存在正確與錯誤的觀念，對愛滋病的易感性認知、對使用保險套的利益性及障礙性認知的平均得分，以四分量表來分析，分別為2.05，1.5與3.11，對愛滋病的認識與各項健康信念間的關係並不顯著。本研究的結果可以應用在發展此易感群體的愛滋病衛教方案。

The aim of this study was to describe the level of AIDS knowledge of the juvenile delinquents and to address the beliefs about the HIV/AIDS prevention and the condom use behavior according to the variables from the HBM theory. In a rural city of northern Taiwan, 30 juvenile delinquents consisted of 22 boys and 8 girls with mean age of 14.9 filled in a structure questionnaire assessing knowledge and health beliefs toward HIV/AIDS. The results showed that the prevalence of sexual intercourse was 10% within 6 months and the subject hold correct and misconception about HIV/AIDS knowledge simultaneously. The means scores on the perceptions of susceptibility to AIDS, barriers to condom use, and benefits of protected sex, out of a maximum of 4.0, were 2.05, 1.57, and 3.11 respectively. The relationships between knowledge and health beliefs were modest. The result of this research provides a context for structuring HIV preventive programs in application for such vulnerable populations.