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The influence of documentary videos on the scientific diffusion of knowledge about Aids

The study aimed to measure and to compare the impact on scientific knowledge of students visualizing different kinds of documentary videos about HIV/Aids - one with a more scientific approach and another with a more popularized one. One hundred and forty one (141) high school students from the city of Florianópolis participated in the study. They were divided in 3 groups: control group (without visualization), group 1 (scientific video) and group 2 (popularized video). Before and after the showing the videos, the Scientific Knowledge Test about HIV/Aids was applied. The results showed an increment in the medium score of the mentioned test in group 1, no significant change in group 2 and a decrease in the control group. It was concluded that the scientific form of presentation resulted in an increase of knowledge concerning HIV/Aids.

Aids; informative video; scientific knowledge; adolescents


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