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Assessing The Awareness, Attitude And Perception Of Adolescents For HIV/AIDS Education In Nigeria: T

Authors: AGBEDE Catherine

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Information on the management of HIV/AIDS especially among adolescents is of growing concern globally. This study assessed the awareness, attitude and perception of adolescents for HIV/AIDS among secondary school students in Sagamu-Remo, Ogun state, Nigeria. Using multi-stage sampling, 400 students were selected from Remo Secondary School (coded as S1) and Remo Divisional High School (coded as S2). Structured questionnaire was used to collect data to measure awareness, attitude and perception about HIV and AIDS. The data were presented as descriptive statistics subjected to independent t-test statistics at p â‰¤0.05 level of significance. Mean age, for S1 and S2 respectively, was 15.54Â±1.46 and 15.22Â±1.78. The differences in all measured variables for both schools were not significant. The mean scores for awareness level for S1 and S2 (18.74Â±2.32 and 18.750Â±2.32) measured against the maximum point scale (25) was inadequate to generate sufficient conscious preventive behaviour among this age group especially if confronted with the choice of a risky sexual behaviour. Further results showed fairly high and positive attitude for the participants (79% for S1 and S2) but very low perception (49.6% and 49.5% for S1 and S2 respectively). The need to raise awareness of the target population through education is recommended.

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