Abstract
The current research
endeavours to identify the knowledge of students of Social Work about AIDS in
relation to how it influences their lives on issues of social prevention. It is
specifically focused on matters of behaviour and attitudes towards health
protection (sexually transmitted diseases); it explores practices that the
students, with their special education, use to identify the risks they are
exposed to in order to take precautions and consequently to prevent serious
situations that may lead to insurmountable problems decisive for society. The
method used for data collection was structured questionnaires. The
investigation results are presented with the formulation of specific research
hypotheses/questions, which were examined by using the method of qualitative data
analysis. Taking into consideration that the total sample consisted of a
small number of men and a large number of women, who then reported to have
sexual relations, as well as society’s tendency that encourages men to brag
about their sexual conquests while almost stigmatizing women, overestimation
for males and underestimation for females cannot be excluded. The conclusion of
the research’s results shows that young adult students seem quite knowledgeable
about their sexuality, protection measures and the risks at hand. At the same
time though there are several deficiencies related to the source and
transmission of correct knowledge which need to be covered. Additionally, it
emphasises the prevalent mentality in conjunction with the influence that the
family has in Cyprus, since parents function as powerful role models for their children.
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Abstract
References
- Creswell J.W. (2003). Research Design: Qualitative and Mixed Methods Approaches, London, Sage.
- Crotty M. (2004). The Foundations of Social Research: Meaning and Perspective in the Research Process, London, Sage.
- DeVaus D. (2008). Analysis of Social Data: 50 Fundamental Issues, Athens, Publications Ellinika Grammata. (In Greek)
- Dunn K., (2000). “Interviewing”, in Hay I., Qualitative Research Methods in Human Geography, South Melbourne, Oxford University Press.
- Iosifidis Th., (2003), Analysis of Qualitative Data in Social Sciences, Athens, Kritiki Publications. (In Greek)
- Koffas S. (2011). “Trends and Particularities in the Practice of Social Policy in Greece and Germany: The Effect of Culture and Mentality as Factors of Different Thinking and Action in the Practice of Social Policy Models”, Athens, Social Work, 104: 199-221. (In Greek)
- Koffas S. (2014). “Health Policy and the Co-Perception of Individual Responsibility in the Neo-Liberal Model”, Social Work, SKLE, Athens, Vol. 115, pp. 25-40. (In Greek)
- Koffas S., Tsolaki E., (2016). “Knowledge and attitudes of Cypriots students on their sexual life” in International Journal of Social Work and Human Services Practice, 2016, Vol. 4 No.1, pp.24-31, DOI: 10.13189/ijrh.2016.040104.
- Patton M. (1990). Qualitative Evaluation and Research Methods, Beverly Hills, CA, Sage, pp. 169-186.
- Rousos P.L., Tsaousis G. (2011). Statistics in Behaviour Sciences Using SPSS, Athens, Topos Publications. (In Greek)
- Yates D., Moore D., McCabe G. (1999). Practice of Statistics: Advanced Placement, 1st ed., New York: W.H. Freeman, p. 734.
- Tsigris A. (2013). epidemic among teenagers get the sexually transmitted diseases. http://www.draristsigris.gr/news/29/diastaseis-epidimias-metaxu-ton-efivon-pairnoun-ta-sexoualikos-metadidomena-nosimata
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| Publication Date | December 18, 2016 |
| Submission Date | December 22, 2016 |
| Published in Issue | Year 2016Volume: 2 Issue: 6 |
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