Study title

Information and communicative behaviour as well as knowledge. Attitudes and behaviour in connection with Aids. Attitude towards Aids education and towards HIV-positive persons. Topics: Satisfaction with one’s own state of health; greatest health hazards for the German population; most dangerous illnesses in the Federal Republic; Knowledge on AIDS; chances of recovery from AIDS; assessment of the danger of infection with AIDS in select situations; possibility of transmission before breakout of the illness; knowledge on the possibilities of AIDS infection in different situations; knowledge of the HIV-test; frequency, place and time of interviewee’s HIV-tests; knowledge of the meaning of the test result HIV-positive; physical signs of an HIV-infection; probabilities of meeting someone carrying HIV; personal contact to sufferers of AIDS and HIV-positive persons; attitude to those infected with HIV in one’s direct environment; concern about an acquaintance contracting AIDS or HIV infection; assessment of personal danger of infection through sexual intercourse; sources of information used on AIDS; frequency of AIDS discussion in one’s circle of friends; opinion leader regarding AIDS; use of AIDS brochures from the health authorities; type and time of last observation of AIDS education in the media or special informative meetings; participation in AIDS informative meetings as well as location and counsellor; AIDS-counselling at school as well as subjects in which the topic is dealt with; participation in an AIDS education seminar at school and number of hours; knowledge on AIDS acquired at school about different methods of protection; the internet as a source of information; knowledge of the poster campaign "Gib AIDS keine Chance" and "Mach´s mit"; opinion of the effect of the poster campaign; sufficiency or insufficiency of sexual references on the posters; unpleasantness of the posters; opinion on the ongoing publicity campaign with similar poster motives; knowledge...