AIDS KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDES TOWARDS HOMOSEXUALS OF BLACK 1ST-YEAR UNIVERSITY-STUDENTS - 1990-1992

Using an anonymous structured questionnaire to obtain baseline data on knowledge and attitudes of first-year black university students about the Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) and their attitudes tow ards homosexuals during 1990, 1991, and 1992 (ns = 1902, 2113, and 155 8), the following information was obtained. Students' knowledge of AID S was inadequate and misconceptions about AIDS transmission prevalent as were prejudiced and exclusionary beliefs about people with AIDS. Li ttle difference was evident on any of the scales over the three-year p eriod.