An Assessment on the Awareness of Hiv! Aids Issues among the Deaf in Secondary School: a Case Study of Wakiso School of the Deaf
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2012-11
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Kampala International University. College of Education, Open and Distance Learning
Abstract
The study was intended to conduct an assessment on the awareness of HIV/AIDS issues among
the deaf students, a case study of Wakiso School of the deaf. The study was justified by the need
to identif~’ and provide mechanisms of operation that can guide the behavior of deaf students to
enable the control of HIV/AIDS amongst the deaf.
The study explored the information pertaining the background of the study that gave an insight
on the global, international, continental, county and local perspective of documented literature
about the topic with the purpose of conducting an assessment on the awareness of HIV/ AIDS
issues the study was guided by research objectives that included examining what the deaf
students of Wakiso School of the deaf know about HIV/ AIDS, establishing the attitudes of the
deaf students towards HIV/ AIDS and infected people and examining the role of teachers in
HIV/ AIDS advocacy for the children.
The research was conducted for a period of 2 months in Wakiso School of the deaf, located in
central Uganda, Wakiso district, Kakyiri sub-county the study was significant as it identified the
level of knowledge that the deaf students of wakiso have on HIV/ AIDS, established gaps that
exist on HIV/ AIDS awareness in schools, providing information that was a basis of government
intervention and academic award by the researcher.
Data collection involved 60 respondents that included teachers, students and non teaching staffs
who were engaged using a questionnaire, the study conducted involved use of qualitative and
quantitative data approaches that identified some key emerging issues such as lack of timetable
for HIV/AIDS education to deaf students because it isn’t incorporated in the curriculum.
The key findings were that a reasonable number of respondents agreed that students get
HIV/AIDS education though it was not often, parents too provide information and that there are
various sources of information about HIV which the respondents contend are not reliable. This
prompted the researcher to made the recommendations that included including HIV education in
curriculum, including its teaching on school time table and sensitizing parents on the nature of
HIV/AIDS that will enable them to inform their deaf children to ensure awareness about the scourge
Description
A Research Report Submitted To the College Of Education Open, Distance and E- Learning as a Partial Requirement
For The Award of Bachelor’s Degree in Special Needs Education of Kampala International University
Keywords
HIV/AIDS, The deaf, Secondary Schools