Impact of HIV Test Counseling on College Students' Sexual Beliefs and Behaviors.

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Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome; College Students; Counseling; Health Behavior; Higher Education; Sexuality; Student Attitudes; Student Behavior

1087-3244

Compared health beliefs and risky sexual behaviors among college students who did and did not seek HIV testing. Data from student surveys and testing/intervention sessions indicated no significant differences in health beliefs. Students considered themselves invulnerable to HIV. Counseling sessions were influential in persuading students to rethink their health beliefs and change their risky sexual behaviors. (Contains references.) (SM)

2002

EJ648169