PMID- 8727654
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 19961105
LR  - 20181130
IS  - 0899-9546 (Print)
IS  - 0899-9546 (Linking)
VI  - 8
IP  - 2
DP  - 1996 Apr
TI  - Rapid KABP survey for evaluation of NGO HIV/AIDS prevention projects.
PG  - 143-54
AB  - The Johns Hopkins University HAPA Support Program (HSP) provided technical 
      assistance to Save the Children (SC), a U.S.-based nongovernmental organization, 
      to conduct a survey of knowledge, attitudes, beliefs, and practices (KABP) 
      related to AIDS among rural Zimbabweans. The objectives of the HSP technical 
      assistance were to field test a rapid KABP survey methodology and to assist SC to 
      provide data that would contribute to their final project evaluation. The entire 
      process of planning, implementation, preliminary data analysis, and preparation 
      of a draft report of survey results was completed in a four-week period. A total 
      of 660 respondents, aged 18-45 years, selected by a modified 30-cluster sampling 
      method, were interviewed in two SC project areas. Although knowledge about 
      HIV/AIDS was high, a number of misconceptions about HIV transmission and 
      unfavorable attitudes to people with AIDS were noted. Of five knowledge and 
      attitude variables that could be compared with the baseline survey results, 4 
      showed favorable changes and 1 showed an unfavorable trend. Comparing responses 
      from those who were educated by SC with those who had other sources of 
      information about HIV/AIDS, higher levels of knowledge were seen in the 
      SC-educated group and, in one area, somewhat greater willingness to care for 
      family members with AIDS. However, there were no differences seen in other 
      attitudes, beliefs, or in practices regarding condom use. The rapid KABP survey 
      approach was successful in providing, with a relatively modest investment of 
      resources, quantitative data useful for project evaluation, and for developing 
      HIV/AIDS-intervention strategies.
FAU - Mercer, M A
AU  - Mercer MA
AD  - University of Washington School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Seattle, 
      Washington, USA.
FAU - Gates, N
AU  - Gates N
FAU - Holley, M
AU  - Holley M
FAU - Malunga, L
AU  - Malunga L
FAU - Arnold, R
AU  - Arnold R
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - United States
TA  - AIDS Educ Prev
JT  - AIDS education and prevention : official publication of the International Society 
      for AIDS Education
JID - 9002873
SB  - IM
MH  - Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/ethnology/prevention & control/transmission
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Adult
MH  - Chi-Square Distribution
MH  - Condoms/statistics & numerical data
MH  - Female
MH  - Folklore
MH  - HIV Infections/ethnology/*prevention & control/transmission
MH  - Health Education/organization & administration/*standards
MH  - *Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
MH  - *Health Surveys
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - *Psychometrics
MH  - Sampling Studies
MH  - Sex Distribution
MH  - Social Perception
MH  - *Voluntary Health Agencies
MH  - Zimbabwe
EDAT- 1996/04/01 00:00
MHDA- 1996/04/01 00:01
CRDT- 1996/04/01 00:00
PHST- 1996/04/01 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 1996/04/01 00:01 [medline]
PHST- 1996/04/01 00:00 [entrez]
PST - ppublish
SO  - AIDS Educ Prev. 1996 Apr;8(2):143-54.