HIV information presentation and behavior change among clients attending HIV clinics in selected sub counties, Gulu District
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2016-03
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Kampala International University, College of Humanities and Social Sciences
Abstract
This study Investigated about HIV Information Presentation and Behavior Change among Clients Attending HIV Clinics In selected sub counties, Gulu district. The study was guided by the following objectives: i) to Identify the various modes of delivery & information on HIV In the HIV clinics in selected sub counties, Gulu district; ii) to establish the effectiveness of the various modes of delivery & HIV Information in bringing about behavior change In the HIV clinics in selected sub counties, Gulu district; and iii) to assess the limitations of the various modes of delivery of HP! information In bringing about behavior change in the HP! clinics in selected sub counties, Gulu district. The study established that radio is the most commonly used mode of delivery of HIV
information in selected sub counties, Gulu district (45.8%), followed by television (28.8%) and lastly billboards (18.6). Furthermore, the most effective mode of HIV information delivery was again radio, followed by television and billboards. The limitations of the modes of delivery of HIV/AIDS information were television (mean
2.57) still limited to a few people, reading is a problem to many people especially when billboards are used (3.11), there is frequency problems to radio users (mean 2.74), there are many people with no access to any media in Gulu, and that many HIV messages are not in local languages in selected sub counties, Gulu district. The study recommended that the need to improve the range of content In radio shows, television
shows and billboards, embracing -all aspects of HIV and AIDS namely prevention, treatment, support and care by including such topics as abstinence, PMTCT, Va, HIV testing, TB testing, sexually transmitted diseases, ART, discrimination and stigma, condom use in addition to messages of being faithful. Furthermore, there is need to increase the presence of billboards to include rural areas, residential areas, areas near schools and universities, shopping malls, arid other strategic areas.
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A thesis presented to the college of higher degrees and research in partial fulfillment of the requirements
for the award of masters of counseling psychology of Kampala International University
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HIV information presentation, Behavior change, Clients, HIV clinics, Gulu District