ONE METHOD FOR ASSESSING HIV AIDS PEER-EDUCATION PROGRAMS/

This study offers a new evaluation methodology for peer-education prog rams. Peer educators' knowledge, self-esteem, peer pressure, and the n umber of friends, neighbors, and relatives given HIV/AIDS information were compared before and after training using self-administered questi onnaires. Significant changes were observed in knowledge, peer pressur e, self-efficacy, numbers of people given condoms, number of formal an d informal HIV/AIDS presentations, and numbers of HIV/AIDS discussions with friends and neighbors. (C) Society for Adolescent Medicine, 1997 .