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Assessing The Hiv/Aids Knowledge, Attitudes, And Behaviors Of Representative Football Student-Athletes In The Southern Conference, Jamie N. Whited
Assessing The Hiv/Aids Knowledge, Attitudes, And Behaviors Of Representative Football Student-Athletes In The Southern Conference, Jamie N. Whited
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The primary purpose of this investigation was to assess the current level of knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors related to HIV infection and AIDS among representative freshmen and senior football student-athletes from institutions in the Southeastern Conference of the NCAA. The secondary purpose was to assess student-athletes' sport-specific attitudes and knowledge source related to HIV infections and AIDS.
Based on the literature review and input from professionals in the field of sports medicine and AIDS education, a survey instrument was selected. The instrument was divided into six parts. The first part, Modified DiClemente AIDS Knowledge Survey, was a true-and-false scale (31 …