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Knowledge and Attitudes of Older People about HIV/AIDS in Thailand

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  • Wassana Im-em, Mark VanLandingham, John Knodel, and Chanpen Saengtienchai
Published in association with the Institute for Population and Social Research, Mahidol University, Thailand (2001), this 45-page report explores AIDS knowledge and attitudinal data collected during a 1999 sample of 773 older Thais from four provinces and Bangkok. The authors compare the results with data from a sample of 398 young adults using the same questionnaire, collected at the same sites, at the same time. The report demonstrates that an overall high level of awareness about AIDS exists among both groups; however, there are deficiencies among both the young adults and especially among the older Thais. Implications of the findings are discussed.

This document is part of a research project funded by the U.S. National Institute on Aging and conducted by a joint team of Thai and United States researchers. The project explores the impact of HIV/AIDS on older persons in Thailand whose adult children are infected with the HIV virus.

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