A venereal disease education program for the Los Angeles Free Clinics

Includes bibliographical references (pages 60-65)The current venereal disease epidemic attacks hundreds of people daily. Many of those afflicted with syphilis or gonorrhea have turned to the free clinics for treatment of these health problems. Until now, there have been limited educational efforts at the Los Angeles Free Clinic. This thesis proposed a multi-faceted venereal disease education program. In addition to conventional methods, a programmed instruction in venereal disease was developed and validated. This programmed instruction was designed to provide clinic volunteers with a teaching instrument which they can study at their own pace, without the assistance of an instructor. The venereal disease information that the volunteers learn from the programmed instruction prepares them to serve as health education aides. It was recommended that the programmed instruction be utilized as part of a program to train clinic volunteers to do individual venereal disease counseling