HIV/AIDS’ knowledge and condom usage as preventive measure among university students in South West Nigeria | ||
| Egyptian Academic Journal of Biological Sciences, G. Microbiology | ||
| Article 1, Volume 1, Issue 1, December 2009, Pages 1-5 PDF (155.46 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/eajbsg.2009.16712 | ||
| Author | ||
| Olaitan O. Lanre, Lanre | ||
| Department of Human Kinetics and Health Education, University of Ilorin, Kwara State Nigeria | ||
| Abstract | ||
| The study investigated HIV/AIDS knowledge and the use of condom as prevention among the university students in south west Nigeria. A total of 750 students were chosen as subjects using a multistage sampling technique, and a structured questionnaire was used to gather information from the subjects. Research questions were raised and research hypothesis was formulated. Descriptive statistic were used for the socio demographic characteristics, and research question, while the inferential statistics of pearson product moment correlation coefficient was employed to test the hypothesis at 0.05 level of significant. The findings showed that, there existed a significant relationship between the students knowledge of HIV/AIDS and the use of condom as prevention. It was recommended among these that, adequate knowledge about reproductive health, especially sex education should be given priority in our school from secondary and tertiary levels, and government should emphasize on health education as introduce health science back into the secondary school curriculum, because the university students who is expected to pass through this level of education would have gained adequate knowledge about HIV/AIDS and use of condom, since this time usually the experimental stage for sexual activity | ||
| Keywords | ||
| HIV/AIDS’; South West Nigeria | ||
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