APPENDICES

Appendix 0   Initial Letter
Appendix 1   Teacher Questionnaire
Appendix 2   Student Questionnaire

Appendix 3   Health Education Project Recommendations
Appendix 4   Gascoigne - Conclusions and Recommendations
Appendix 5   Abstracts of Duesberg Papers
Appendix 6   Extract from Root-Bernstein - AIDS Causation
Appendix 7   Martin's Introduction to Pascal's Article
Appendix 8   Letter from Caton regarding Pascal' Article
Appendix 9   Extract from Root-Bernstein - Definition of AIDS
Appendix 10   WHO Triennial (89-91) AIDS Incidence
Appendix 11   Extract from Gascoigne - National Curriculum
Appendix 12   Extract from Gascoigne - DfE Legislation
Appendix 13   Notes for Guidance for First-Aiders (WHC)

Appendix 0   Initial Letter
28th April 1993
Heads of Science
All Hertfordshire Secondary Schools

Dear Head of Science,

I am undertaking a research project on the teaching of HIV/AIDS. The objective is to identify the range of approaches used and the extent to which programmes deal with knowledge and values. The scope of the project is limited to HIV/AIDS delivery through Science and PSE programmes, though it is appreciated that many schools will deliver health education through a variety of other subject areas too and may have networks of provision spanning different subjects and years to provide an integrated comprehensive and coherent programme over-all. The need to restrict input to these two curricular elements is therefore regretted.

The research arose from a Health Education Project funded by Herts LEA two years ago. Some teachers involved in TVEI may remember a conference at Offley, organised by Stuart Ware, David Andrews, Jan Campbell and me, to disseminate the results. I shall use the results of the current survey for my dissertation for a Masters degree at Brunel University. The outcomes will also be used to inform the development of a college policy on health education and to improve progression in health education programmes for students coming from school to college at 16+.

Your help would be greatly appreciated. I attach two identical copies of a questionnaire. One should be completed by the member of the Science staff most directly involved in delivering HIV/AIDS education (e.g. through biological aspects of the National Curriculum). The other should be completed by a member of the PSE delivery team, who has a significant input on health topics. Where many staff are involved in PSE programmes, any one person may complete the questionnaire.

I shall be most grateful if you will arrange for both completed questionnaires to be returned to me, by 31st May 1993. I enclose two stamped self addressed envelopes for this purpose. Your responses will be treated in strict confidence. If you would like further information about this research, I shall be happy to discuss it with you or your colleagues.

Yours faithfully,

Sue Warman
Associate Dean (Curriculum)
Faculty of Service Industries


Appendix 1   Teacher Questionnaire

HIV/AIDS EDUCATION QUESTIONNAIRE TO BE COMPLETED BY SCIENCE AND PSE TEACHERS


1     Name of School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(optional)

    Please tick the appropriate box(es) to answer the following questions

2     Are you a     teacher of science?         teacher of PSE?

3     What is your main subject specialism? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

4     Does your school have a policy on HIV/AIDS?     Yes     No     Don't know

5     If yes, is it part of a policy on Sex Education?   Yes   No, it is separate   Don't know
    (I would be grateful if you could attach a copy of any policy document(s) relating to HIV/AIDS and/or sex education)

6     What is your gender?                     Male         Female

7     What is your age?     Under 25       25-34       35-44       45-54       55-64

8     How would you describe your ethnic/cultural origin?
    Bangladeshi             Indian                 White other European
    Black African             Pakistani             White other
    Black Caribbean         Sikh                 Any other group
    Black other             Traveller             Prefer not to say
    Chinese             White UK    

9     What is your religion?
    Christian - Protestant             Moslem
    Christian - Roman Catholic         None
    Hindu                     Other (please specify) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
    Prefer not to say

10     How would you describe the school population, in terms of ethnic origin and religion?
    Predominantly white UK             Predominantly Roman Catholic
    Significant minority from other ethnic groups (please specify which) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
    Mixed ethnic/cultural origin (please specify which) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
    Majority of ethnic/cultural origin other than white UK (please specify which) . . . . . . . .


11     Have you ever participated in any staff development on HIV/AIDS?   Yes   No

12     If yes, please give details:
    Subject of course/programme     Duration     Date     In-house or name ofprovider
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13     Did this staff development cover:
        information
        teaching/learning strategies
        values clarification

14     What further staff development would you find helpful? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

15     Do you consider the main aim of an HIV/AIDS education programme to be:
        to modify behaviour
        to impart knowledge/understanding
        to affect values/attitudes
        other (please specify) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

16     In teaching about HIV/AIDS do you cover
        knowledge only
        mainly knowledge but values to some extent
        knowledge and values to about the same extent
        mainly values but knowledge to some extent
        values only

17     How far do you think your own values affect your teaching about HIV/AIDS?
        A lot                     To some extent
        Not much                 Not at all

18     In teaching about HIV/AIDS, which of the following learning strategies do you use?
        Teacher delivery of information         Simulation
        Dictating or copying notes             Role play
        Giving handouts                 Watching videos
        Answering student questions             Learning packs
        Discussion (teacher led)             Discussion (student led)
        Other (please specify) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

19     Do you use the Health Education Authority pack "Teaching about HIV and AIDS"?
                                Yes         No

20     Do you use the DES video "Your choice for Life"?     Yes         No

21     Which of the following materials do you use in preparing/delivering HIV/AIDS education?
        Current newspaper and magazine articles

        Recent television documentaries
        General scientific journals (e.g. New Scientist and Nature)
        Specialist scientific and medical journals (please specify) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Health promotion literature (e.g. pamphlets)

22     Do you use other materials produced by the Health Education Authority?   Yes   No

23     If yes, please specify which . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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24     If you use other videos, please specify which . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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25     What literature/video would you particularly recommend for use in secondary education? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

26     Do you also teach about other sexually transmitted diseases?   Yes   No

27     If yes, please specify which . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

28     During the current academic year, have you/will you make reference, in your teaching, to the following issues?
        Controversy over the AIDS epidemic in Africa
        Controversy over the efficacy of AZT
        Controversy over the role of cofactors in the development of AIDS in HIV positive individuals
        Controversy over the role of HIV in causing AIDS
        Controversy over the discovery of HIV (Gallo vs Montagnier)
        Controversy over the origin of HIV (polio vaccine, monkey bite etc)
        Controversy over the definition of AIDS

27     To what extent do you consider controversial issues such as these should be covered?
        Not at all         To some extent         In depth

28     State the reason for your answer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

29     If you think these issues should be covered, what do you consider the best age?
        11-12             13-14             15-16             16-18

    Thank you for completing this questionnaire.



Appendix 2   Student Questionnaire

HIV/AIDS EDUCATION STUDENT QUESTIONNAIRE


    Please answer these questions by ticking the boxes or writing in the spaces provided.

    (More than one box can be ticked)

1     What course are you studying? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2     Did you go to a secondary school in Hertfordshire?     Yes   No

3     If yes, please give the name of the school . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
    and the name of the town . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

4     Was school the main source of your HIV/AIDS education?     Yes   No

5     If no, what was the main source of your HIV/AIDS education?
        Parents                 Friends
        Television             Newspapers
        Magazines             Other (please specify) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

6     Were you taught about HIV/AIDS at school?         Yes         No

7     If yes, was it part of     PSE             Science         Other subjects

8     If other subjects, please specify which . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

9     In what year of secondary school did you receive most HIV/AIDS education?
    Year 7         Year 8         Year 9         Year 10     Year 11All equal

10     Did you learn factual information about HIV/AIDS     in sciencein PSE
                                in neither     in both

11     Were you given the opportunity to discuss your feelings and attitude towards HIV/AIDS
                                in science     in PSE
                                in neither     in both

12     Were you satisfied with the school's programme of HIV/AIDS education?
                Yes             No

13     If no, how could it have been improved? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

14     Has what you learned at school about HIV/AIDS influenced the way you lead your life?
                Yes             No
    Now answer the following questions (there are no "right " and "wrong" answers)

15     What is AIDS?
        killer disease caused by HIV
        range of symptoms which together can lead to death
        wasting disease that kills in an HIV positive person
        breakdown of the immune system leading to death
        breakdown of the immune system leading to death in an HIVpositive person

16     What is HIV?
        a harmless virus
        a virus, which, with other factors, can lead to AIDS
        the virus which causes AIDS

17     Tick boxes to show which of the following practices you consider high risk for   contracting AIDS:
                    High risk     Some risk     Low risk     No risk
    Sharing razors        
    Ear piercing        
    Blood transfusions (UK)
    Sharing toothbrushes    
    Anal sex        
    Giving First Aid
    Kissing        
    Masturbation        
    Dentistry        
    Vaginal sex        
    Organ transplants    
    Oral sex        

18     Which of the following reduce the body's immunity (resistance to infection)?
        HIV                     AIDS
        Use of recreational drugs         Homosexual practices
        Repeated use of antibiotics         Medication used after organ transplant
        Don't know

19     Does the HIV test involve:
            Animal dosing
            Microscopic examination of blood for HIV
            Testing blood for antibodies to HIV
            Chemical tests for the presence of HIV
            Don't know

20     you can, please describe briefly the main contribution to our understanding of   HIV/AIDS made by the following scientists:
    Gallo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
    Duesberg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
    Anderson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
    Montagnier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

21     Which of the following do you consider a risk to the future of the human race?FamineNuclear disaster
            AIDS epidemic         Genetic Engineering
            Don't know             None

22     Where were the earliest cases of AIDS reported?
        Brighton             Central Africa             New York
        South Africa             San Francisco             Haiti
        South America             Poland                 Don't know

23     How is AIDS thought to have been introduced into humans?
        Malaria vaccine development         Development of germ warfare
        Monkey bite                 Smallpox vaccination
        Sex between a human and a monkey
        Polio vaccination
        Don't know
        Other (please specify) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .


24     Can AIDS occur in someone who is not HIV antibody positive?
        Yes         No         Don't know

25     In the UK, is there:
        More AIDS than Hepatitis B         More Hepatitis B than AIDS
        About the same amount of each     Don't know

26     What is syphilis?
        A respiratory disease
        A Sexually Transmitted Disease caused by a virus
        A vaccine used to treat TB
        A Sexually Transmitted Disease caused by a bacterium
        Don't know
    Thank you for completing this questionnaire




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CONTENTS & ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS & ABSTRACT
CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER 2: THE SCIENCE OF HIV AND AIDS
CHAPTER 3: MEDIA COVERAGE OF HIV AND AIDS
    TABLE 1 - HIV/AIDS NEWSPAPER COVERAGE
CHAPTER 4: HEALTH EDUCATION PROGRAMMES...
    TABLE 2 - WIDELY USED ... MATERIAL
CHAPTER 5: RESEARCH STRATEGY AND METHODOLOGY
CHAPTER 6: ... HIV/AIDS EDUCATION IN 60 ... SCHOOLS
CHAPTER 7: ... STUDENTS' EXPERIENCES OF SCHOOL HIV/AIDS EDUCATION
CHAPTER 8: CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
BIBLIOGRAPHY
APPENDICES

 

 

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