Table 7.

HIV knowledge by subjects (n=58).

Questions posed by the surveys		Survey 1a, n	Survey 2b, n	P value
Have you ever heard about HIV or the disease called AIDS?
	Yes	57	58	.32
	No	1	0
Can people protect themselves from HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, by using a condom correctly every time they have sex?
	Yes	56	57	.32
	No	1	0
Can a person get HIV from mosquito bites?
	Yes	7	4	.51
	No	42	37
	Don’t know	8	17
Can people protect themselves from HIV by having one uninfected faithful sex partner?
	Yes	46	45	.64
	No	8	10
	Don’t know	0	0
Can people protect themselves from HIV by abstaining from sexual intercourse?
	Yes	38	41	.64
	No	19	17
	Don’t know	0	0
Can a person get HIV by sharing a meal with someone who is infected?
	Yes	7	4	.36
	No	46	48
	Don’t know	4	6
Can a person get HIV by getting injections with a needle that was already used by someone else?
	Yes	56	58	.31
	No	1	0
	Don’t know	0	0
Do you think that a healthy-looking person can be infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS?
	Yes	56	58	.31
	No	1	0
	Don’t know	0	0
Can a pregnant woman who is infected with HIV or AIDS transmit the virus to her baby?
	Yes	56	56	.32
	No	0	1
	Don’t know	1	1
Can a woman with HIV or AIDS transmit the virus to her newborn child through breastfeeding?
	Yes	20	25	.55
	No	11	10
	Don’t know	26	23

^aPreintervention survey.

^bPostintervention survey.