Sustained Marketing - Use of Awareness Campaigns by Teachers, Nurses
8.4.14 Sustained Marketing - Use of Awareness Campaigns by Teachers, Nurses
Public health nurses and teachers
(T-IV-.6) were asked if they coordinated their programs to coincide with or use special events in the community that related to HIV/AIDS, STD or sexuality. About one third of nurses said that they do so regularly.Figure 207
| Nurses Coordinate with Community Events | Planned in next 2 yrs |
Regularly |
Once in last 3 yrs |
Once in last 4-10 yrs |
Never |
Not role |
Don’t Know |
No Response |
| PHN - 20 | 2.7 |
32.5 |
24.9 |
4.5 |
30.5 |
0.6 |
2.9 |
1.4 |
The teachers were asked if they coordinate their activities with community events on HIV/sexuality. They were asked to respond to a nine point scale, with one being "very often" and 9 being "never". The average response from teachers was 6.0. This indicates that teachers are coordinating their classroom activities with such community events on less than an average basis.
Nurses and teachers were also asked if they used AIDS Awareness Week materials in their work. About two thirds of nurses use these materials regularly and a minority of teachers said that they use them.
Figure 208
| Nurses Use AIDS Week Materials | Planned in next 2 yrs |
Regularly |
Once in last 3 yrs |
Once in last 4-10 yrs |
Never |
Not role |
Don’t Know |
No Response |
| PHN - 21 | 0.6 |
64.3 |
19.1 |
2.7 |
10.7 |
0.0 |
1.5 |
1.1 |
The teachers were asked to respond to a question with a scale, where one was that they used these materials "very often" and with 9 being "never". The average response from the teachers was 5.7. This response indicates that teachers are using AIDS Awareness Week materials a lower than average amount.
Perceived Parent Support for Sex Education
Teachers were also asked about their perceptions of the support that parents demonstrated for sexuality education. They rated parental support at 3.9 on a nine point scale, where one was "very much" and nine was "not at all".
This response would appear to indicate that teachers are not overly concerned about the level of support that they receive from parents in regard to sex education.