Assessment of HIV/AIDS awareness and changes in sexual practices among secondary school students in Nsukka environment
Okonta, J.M.; Momoh, M.A.; Ekwunife, O.I.; Mbagwu, I.S.U.; Abali, S.O.
Tropical Doctor 37(4): 269-271
2007
ISSN/ISBN: 0049-4755 PMID: 17988512 DOI: 10.1258/004947507782333071Document Number: 199295
This study is aimed at assessing the awareness of HIV/AIDS and changes in sexual behaviour among the Nigerian teens. Two hundred and fifty secondary school students were interviewed. Only 5% of the respondents were able to state the full meaning of HIV or AIDS. A minority (28%) believed that HIV was real while the majority (72%) believed that HIV infects whites only. Forty-eight percent of them have changed their sexual practices owing to the AIDS menace. A small percentage, 12%, believed that HIV/AIDS could kill. The study revealed low awareness of HIV/AIDS as well as misconception about the infection, especially in non-urbanized cities of Nigeria.