Study title

Information and communication behaviour, knowledge, attitudes and behaviour in relation to AIDS. Attitudes towards AIDS education and HIV-infected people. Information behaviour, knowledge and behaviour in relation to sexually transmitted diseases. Topics: Satisfaction with one´s own state of health; taking care of one´s own health; biggest health problems for the German population; most dangerous diseases in the country; knowledge about AIDS; course of AIDS; assessment of the risk of AIDS infection in selected situations; risk of infection before outbreak of the disease; knowledge about the transmission possibilities of AIDS (infection pathways); awareness of the HIV antibody test; knowledge of the significance of the test result HIV positive; external signs of HIV positive; assessment of the probability of contact with HIV positive persons; personal contacts with HIV positive persons or AIDS patients; behaviour in the event of infection with AIDS in the personal environment; concern about one´s own AIDS disease respectively about AIDS among acquaintances; time of concern about one´s own AIDS disease; likelihood of infection through personal sexual intercourse; sources of information used about AIDS; frequency of conversations among friends about AIDS; own opinion leadership on AIDS; reception of AIDS brochures of the health authorities; one or more AIDS brochures read; type and time of the last reception of AIDS information (brochures, TV spots, cinema commercials, advertisements or lectures); type of information event (public event, company, school lessons); AIDS as a subject of instruction in one´s own schooldays and evaluation of the acquired knowledge about AIDS by the school (only respondents aged 16 to 44 years); frequency of Internet use; Internet as a source of information on the subject of AIDS and time of last Internet use on this subject; awareness of the poster campaign ´Gib AIDS keine Chance´ and ´Mach´s mit´; time of last information by posters;...