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Keywords
Homophobia--Iowa; Older people--Iowa--Attitudes; AIDS (Disease)--Study and teaching; Homophobia; Older people--Attitudes; Iowa;
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to identify the level of AIDS knowledge and presence of homophobia among a group of community active elderly in the Cedar Falls-Waterloo area. Demographic factors including gender, age, education level, annual income, religious faith, level of religious activity, personal knowledge of a person who is gay, personal knowledge of a person with HIV/AIDS, history of a blood transfusion, and history of HIV testing were also assessed to determine if they had a statistically significant effect on AIDS knowledge and homophobia. The relationship between AIDS knowledge and homophobia was also examined to determine if they were related in a statistically significant manner. This study utilized a quasi experimental research design. Fourteen Caucasian volunteer respondents (seven male and seven female) ages 65 through 85 completed a 56-item survey eliciting responses to demographic information, AIDS knowledge, and homophobia statements. Hudson and Ricketts' (1980) Index of Homophobia was utilized to evaluate the presence of homophobia. The t-test and Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) were utilized to determine if the specified demographic variables had a statistically significant effect on both AIDS knowledge and homophobia. The Pearson product-moment correlation was utilized to determine if there was an overall significant relationship between AIDS knowledge and homophobia. All statistical analyses were executed at the 0.05 level of significance. The mean AIDS knowledge score for the sample was 14.21 out of 18 (79%) and the mean homophobia score was 65.36 (range: 48 -88), which was in the low grade homophobic range. No statistically significant effect was found for any of the demographic variables of interest and their effect on AIDS knowledge and homophobia. In addition, no statistically significant relationship was found between AIDS knowledge and homophobia. However, there was a lack of accurate
Year of Submission
1994
Degree Name
Master of Arts
Department
School of Health, Physical Education, and Leisure Services
First Advisor
Thomas M. Davis
Second Advisor
Susan J. Koch
Third Advisor
Joel W. Wells
Date Original
1994
Object Description
1 PDF file (67 leaves)
Copyright
©1994 Lydia Heyel Adams
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Adams, Lydia Heyel, "Aids Knowledge and Homophobia in Community Active Elderly" (1994). Dissertations and Theses @ UNI. 1860.
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/etd/1860
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