INTERVENTION TO PROMOTE SAFER SEXUAL BEHAVIORS AND EDUCATE PEERS ABOUT HIV AIDS/

Sexually active college students are at risk for infection with the Hu man Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). Nursing students can learn a variety of desirable professional skills and provide an important service to their college peers by participating in an ongoing intervention to pro mote safer sexual behaviors, Since 1989, nursing students at a publicl y supported urban college have been providing a HIV Primary Prevention intervention on a sustained basis. During each semester, at least 1,0 00 college students complete a quiz that tests their knowledge about c ondoms and engage in discourse with a nursing student about HIV/AIDS. Content analysis of the evaluations submitted by the nursing students (N=43) identifies how this independent study enhances both professiona l and personal growth.