Knowledge, attitude and practices on HIV prevention among adolescent students of Kisoko High School, Tororo District
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2019-04
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Kampala International University, School of Health Sciences
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This study assessed the knowledge, attitude and practices on HIV prevention among adolescent students of Kisoko High School, Tororo District. This was a secondary school based cross sectional descriptive study carried out to describe the knowledge, attitude and practices on HIV prevention among adolescent students of Kisoko High School in Tororo district from September 2018 to April 2019. Data was collected from 100 participants by the use of self-administered questionnaires containing questions to assess the respondents’ socio-demographic data, knowledge, attitude and practices on HIV prevention and methods. The modal age of the participants was 15-19 years; most of them resided in rural area and all were single. Majority of the respondents 92(92%), knew that HIV can be prevented through abstinence, 90 (90%) by use of condom, 88 (88%) by being faithful and 67 (67%) by not sharing sharps. More than three quarters of the respondents 80 (80%) didn’t know about SMC and 68 (68%) didn’t know about PMTCT as HIV preventive measures, the respondents 72 (72%), 81 (81%), 75 (75%), and 69 (69%) said abstinence, condom use, being faithful and PMTCT respectively were good methods for HIV prevention and 52 (52%) were abstaining, (42%) were faithful to only one sexual partner, 44 (68.7%) male respondents had done safe male circumcision and 80 (80%) of the respondents had tested for HIV infection. The study found adolescents with good level of knowledge on abstinence, being faithful, condom use and not sharing sharps but inadequate knowledge about SMC and PMTCT, they had good attitude towards abstinence, being faithful, Condom use and PMTCT methods of HIV prevention and practiced Abstinence, SMC and HIV testing commonly. The result justifies the effort put by different stakeholders to create and promote awareness on HIV prevention in Kisoko high school
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A research report submitted to the Faculty of Clinical Medicine and Dentistry in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the award of a degree of Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery of Kampala International University
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HIV prevention, Adolescent students, Kisoko High School, Tororo district