SJSMScienceThankyouforvisitingthewebsiteofSJSMScience.SJSMScienceseekstopromotescientificresearchamongSJSMstudentsandfacultybypublishingtheirworkonlineandsharingtheirresearchexperienceswithyou.IssueNo13.Fall2013AwarenessandeffectivenessofeducationofHIV/AIDSof teenagers inBonaire–DutchCaribbeanAccordingtoUNAIDSreportontheglobalAIDSepidemic2013,approximately12,000peoplebecamenewlyinfectedintheCaribbeanin2012,bringingthetotalnumberofpeoplelivingwithHIV/AIDStheretomorethan250,000.AIDSclaimedanestimated11,000livesin2012.ThosefactsagainemphasizetheimportanceoftheeducationasthepartoftheHIVpreventionstrategy.Butistheeducationreallyeffective?SJSMstudentstestedtheknowledgeaboutAIDSamongtheteenagersbeforeandaftertheworkshop.Andhereiswhattheyfound:AmirpourM,MohammedM,MoshrefBandSirajuddinH.