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AIDS KNOWLEDGE AND EDUCATION FOR SOUTH KOREAN-BORN STUDENTS ATTENDI

IV/AIDS as may be related to foreigners in general in the U.S. and South Koreans in particular, a study conducted by Kihara, Kihara, Ohya and Ichikawa (1998) found that among immigrant groups living in Japan, HIV/AIDS was generally increasing with the highest increases observed for South Americans and South Koreans. Based on their data, the authors noted that for the foregoing groups, HIV/AIDS prevention and care programs, as well as more epidemiological studies, should be urgently planned and implemented.

Findings such as those observed by Kihara, Kihara, Ohya and Ichikawa (1998) imply the need to investigate South Korean AIDS education as a preventative measure. One study that sheds some light on this topic was conducted by Chou, Chin and Rodriquez (1998). The authors studied the effects of HIV 101 workshops on HIV knowledge, condom use self-efficacy, as well as intention to practice safer sex among immigrant and U.S.-born South Asians in New York City. Subjects in the study consisted of Chinese, Filipino, Indian, Korean, and Japanese workshop 101 participants. Findings of the study revealed that U.S.-born Asians had both higher HIV/AIDS knowledge and condom use self-efficacy baseline scores than did immigrant Asians. Chou et. al's (1998) study demonstrates that there may be a problem regarding knowledge of AIDS and safe sex practices among foreign-born Asian groups including groups from South Korea. This lack of knowledge may indicate a need for increases in HIV/AIDS education in South Korean schools. The study did not specifically address itself to South Koreans or to South Korean college students studying in the United States, a group that may represent an at risk population. To date, no studies have explored AIDS knowledge or previous South Korean AIDS education among this group. Given the findings of Kihara, Kihara, Ohya and Ichikawa (1998) and their plea for more HIV/AIDS prevention, care programs, and epidemiological studi...

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