People questions about HIV

Last week, a young man stopped me in the mall to ask me if I am from Italy, then he asked me about am I doing in Providence.
When he knew I am PhD student working on HIV, he asked me what is he supposed to know about HIV, so wasn't sure what am I supposed to say or recommend.
I asked him back what he wants to know, so he asked if he would get infected if he touches HIV on a table.
I felt lucky that I have read the article of body.com about what people ask questions in relation to HIV:
http://www.thebody.com/content/art54843.html?tw

We definitely need to improve people's knowledge on HIV, the question is how best to do it?

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