Attitudes towards HIV/AIDS: the voices of Zimbabwean high school students
This study sought to find out attitudes of high school students towards HIV/AIDS. A random sample of 80 students, from two conveniently selected schools (40 males, 40 females; age range, 12-19 years) from form one to six, participated in the study. Attitude measures were obtained using Likert type...
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| author | Gudyanga, Ephias Mashini, Alfred Gudyanga, Anna |
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| description | This study sought to find out attitudes of high school students towards HIV/AIDS. A random sample of 80
students, from two conveniently selected schools (40 males, 40 females; age range, 12-19 years) from form
one to six, participated in the study. Attitude measures were obtained using Likert type scale. Majority (92%)
of the high school students were found to be knowledgeable about HIV/AIDS, however, during the 12 months
preceding the survey, 10% of the sample abstained from sexual intercourse, 10 % indicated that they engaged in heterosexuality well before age 14, about 20% never used condoms whenever they had sex, about 40% get involved in age-mixing sexual relationships, 25% of the sample had been tested for HIV. It was recommended that the education and the health sectors among others should increase HIV/AIDS education to the high school students. |
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| spelling | ir-11408-16402022-06-27T13:49:06Z Attitudes towards HIV/AIDS: the voices of Zimbabwean high school students Gudyanga, Ephias Mashini, Alfred Gudyanga, Anna Attitudes, school, HIV/AIDS, education, students, sex, condom, abstinence This study sought to find out attitudes of high school students towards HIV/AIDS. A random sample of 80 students, from two conveniently selected schools (40 males, 40 females; age range, 12-19 years) from form one to six, participated in the study. Attitude measures were obtained using Likert type scale. Majority (92%) of the high school students were found to be knowledgeable about HIV/AIDS, however, during the 12 months preceding the survey, 10% of the sample abstained from sexual intercourse, 10 % indicated that they engaged in heterosexuality well before age 14, about 20% never used condoms whenever they had sex, about 40% get involved in age-mixing sexual relationships, 25% of the sample had been tested for HIV. It was recommended that the education and the health sectors among others should increase HIV/AIDS education to the high school students. 2016-06-27T10:53:39Z 2016-06-27T10:53:39Z 2014 Article 2347-8225 http://www.researchjournali.com/view.php?id=264 en Researchjournali’s Journal of Education;Vol. 2, No. 1; p. 1-14 open |
| spellingShingle | Attitudes, school, HIV/AIDS, education, students, sex, condom, abstinence Gudyanga, Ephias Mashini, Alfred Gudyanga, Anna Attitudes towards HIV/AIDS: the voices of Zimbabwean high school students |
| title | Attitudes towards HIV/AIDS: the voices of Zimbabwean high school students |
| title_full | Attitudes towards HIV/AIDS: the voices of Zimbabwean high school students |
| title_fullStr | Attitudes towards HIV/AIDS: the voices of Zimbabwean high school students |
| title_full_unstemmed | Attitudes towards HIV/AIDS: the voices of Zimbabwean high school students |
| title_short | Attitudes towards HIV/AIDS: the voices of Zimbabwean high school students |
| title_sort | attitudes towards hiv/aids: the voices of zimbabwean high school students |
| topic | Attitudes, school, HIV/AIDS, education, students, sex, condom, abstinence |
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