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Curriculum and Instruction

California State University, San Bernardino

Theses/Dissertations

2006

AIDS (Disease) Study and teaching (Secondary) California

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Perceptions Of A Culturally Sensitive Hiv/Aids Curriculum, Yolanda Vivian Mouton Jan 2006

Perceptions Of A Culturally Sensitive Hiv/Aids Curriculum, Yolanda Vivian Mouton

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The focus of the study was to explore to what degree culturally sensitive HIV/AIDS curriculum and materials were perceived as important by African-American students. Students selected for the research (N=121) were from a high school in San Bernardino, California, an area that represents a multiethnic population. Frequency descriptions and bivariate corrrelations were conducted to analyze the data. Trends found in this study indicated African-Americans did not perceive cultural sensitivity as an important aspect of HIV/AIDS education, and correlations between the Multigroup Ethnic Identity Measure (MEIM) score of African-Americans and their perceptions of the need for culturally sensitive HIV/AIDS education materials …