Education to adolescents on HIV/AIDS at selected schools of Delhi

Adolescents is the age of curiosity and it is a period of transition from childhood to adulthood. One fifth of the world's population is represented by them. Development of knowledge and attitude take place during this period, which can have lifelong effects on the individual, family and society. Effective means of education should be needed for the improvement in knowledge and attitude of the adolescents. This study aimed to assess the Knowledge and attitude of adolescents regarding the HIV/AIDS. Quasi Experimental design one group pretest and posttest design was selected to determine the effectiveness of education. A purposive Sampling technique was adopted to select 100 samples. The Knowledge Questionnaire was adopted for collecting the data. A planned teaching Programmeregarding HIV/AIDS was developed and imparted knowledge to adolescents. The result shown for the Knowledge score regarding HIV/AIDSwas improved after education.