HIV/AIDS prevention education: An effective tool for enhancing street children's knowledge and attitude. A randomized controlled trial

Mehrdad Khezri, Jamileh Farokhzadian, Monirsadat Nematollahi, Golnaz Foroughameri and Hamid Sharifi

Children and Youth Services Review, 2019, vol. 104, issue C, -

Abstract: Street children are vulnerable against HIV because of poverty, lack of family support, adult supervision, social exclusion, lack of access to health services and their special living environment. Required educational program could decrease the danger of transmission of HIV in this group. This study would investigate the effects of HIV prevention educational on street children's attitude and knowledge in the southeast of Iran.

Keywords: Street children; Education and prevention; Knowledge; Attitude; HIV/AIDS (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2019.05.028

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