Effects of alcoholism on the spread of HIV/AIDS among youths of Bushenyi District
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2014-06
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Kampala International University. College of Humanities and Social Sciences
Abstract
The purpose of the study was to examine the effects of alcoholism on the spread of
HIV/AIDS among youths in Bushenyi district, The study had three specific objectives,
which included; i) to examine the effects of alcoholism among youths in Bushenyi
district. ii) To examine how HIV/AIDS is spread among youths of Bushenyi district
and iii) to find out if there is a significant relationship between the effects of
alcoholism and spread of HIV/AIDS among youths of Bushenyi Uganda. The study
employed a descriptive correlation design that used both qualitative and quantitative
methods of data collection The findings indicated that most respondents (48%) were
females who are in vulnerable groups, aged between 15-18 years (52.S%),
Pertaining the class of respondents, majority had reached diploma level with a
frequency of 52.5 percent and secondary with a frequency of 24.3 percent and
minority were primary with a frequency of 1.4% followed by 12.5. percent. The level
of the effects of alcoholism was generally often with mean (3.1901) which indicated
that most of respondents agreed. The level of the spread of HIV/AIDS is generally
often (average mean=3.1635) they strongly agreed. And also indicated a positive-e
significant relationship between the level of effects of alcoholism and spread of HIV
among youths (r=0.723, sig. =0.000) the more the government and Non
government Organizations have tried to eliminate the effects of alcoholism, the
adolescents are now able to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS. The researcher
recommends that there is need to sensitize youths to adopt the effects of alcoholism
management strategies. There is need to uplift the educational level of HIV positive
adolescents since most of them had diplomas
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A dissertation submitted to the college of humanities and social sciences in partial fulfillment for the requirements of a bachelor’s degree of guidance and counseling of Kampala International University
Keywords
Alcoholism, Spread of HIV/AIDS among youths