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The Federal Centre for Health Education endeavours to make its work as effective as possible. To achieve this goal, there is a need to constantly improve education activities and continuously review the success of the measures.
It is for this reason that we regularly conduct studies.
They make it possible
- To gear the planning and implementation of education measures in the various subject fields to the latest scientific findings,
- To examine whether our measures really do achieve the targeted, health-promoting effects.
Although the questions and the results of these studies therefore always have a direct link to the work of BZgA, they also contain a wealth of information that can be used by the interested public, and particularly by people and institutions working in the field of health prevention.
Consequently, all the studies conducted by BZgA are published.
The studies and evaluation results from the field of sex education, contraception and family planning can be found at: www.forschung.sexualaufklaerung.de
We will be more than pleased to provide further information:
Bundeszentrale für gesundheitliche Aufklärung
Referat 2-25
Ostmerheimer Strasse 220
D-51109 Köln, Germany
E-mail: forschung(at)bzga.de
See below the list of all available studies with at least an englisch short version.
The overall list of all available studies can be found here.
Public Awareness of AIDS 1999
English summary of a repeat survey by the
Federal Centre for Health Education, Cologne
Aids im öffentlichen Bewusstsein 1999
The results on information and communication behaviour obtained from the "Public Awareness of AIDS" study indicate a declining trend since 1993. The perception and reception of media that provide information and education on AIDS have been declining from year to year. This also applies to 1999, even though the decline is less dramatic than in previous years. In recent years, the Federal Centre for Health Education has successfully drawn the attention of the younger target groups, in particular, to the subject of protection against AIDS through the use of new media programmes.
In line with the overall decrease in communication on AIDS, protective behaviour has also been stagnant since 1996. For example, the use of condoms did not increase any more in 1999, even among groups that are of particular significance for prevention due to their sexual lifestyle, such as young singles.
The general attitude towards people with HIV and AIDS has not been affected by the decrease in communication on AIDS. It continues to be characterised by only a low level of stigmatisation and discrimination.
The knowledge of the general population concerning infection risks and non-risks also continues to be high. However, a high level of knowledge about risky situations alone is not sufficient for ensuring the further spread of protective behaviour. It is additionally necessary to have an education strategy that motivates people to protect themselves and promotes the acquisition of the skills necessary to practise protective behaviour. However, it would seem that an AIDS education campaign of this kind can only be effective if it is equipped with the necessary interventions and coverage.
The results of the study do not indicate that the German population is "tired" of AIDS education or "saturated" with information on AIDS. On the contrary, nearly three-fourths (72%) of singles under 45 again said in 1999 that they were interested in information on protection against AIDS.
