HIV/AIDS knowledge among undergraduate university students: implications for health education programs in Ghana

Asante, Kwaku Oppong; Oti-Boadi, Mabel

doi:10.4314/ahs.v13i2.11

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“…This is in agreement with the result of the study carried out in Shanghai China [16][19] [22] but this was not synonymous with the findings of study conducted in Kwara state of Nigeria [10] . The acceptance of HCT was high among participants which is similar to the result of studies conducted in other regions in Africa [12][14] [17] and Ethiopia [4] . Result from this study showed that high acceptance HCT was seen among female.…”

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Knowledge and Acceptance of HIV Counselling And Testing (HCT) among Non-Teaching Staff of A Nigerian Private University

Nwozichi¹,

A.A.²

2014

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Knowledge and Acceptance of HIV Counselling And Testing (HCT) among Non-Teaching Staff of A Nigerian Private University

Nwozichi¹,

A.A.²

2014

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“…Fifty one included studies assessed the awareness of 1,235,811 Africans in regard to HIV in total of 35 countries, eleven studies were conducted in Nigeria [14,16,83,17,18,23,38,48,60,63,81] , nine in South Africa [24,27,29,34,37,42,46,82,84] , five in each of Ghana [19,31,65,66,68] and Ethiopia [21,73,77,78,80] , four in Uganda [13,55,72,75] , three in Mozambique [22,26,30] , two in each of Namibia [45,76] and Cameroon [59,67] , one in each of Congo [25] , Sudan [33] , Senegal [39] , Morocco [47] , Gambia [50] , Tanzania [53] , Madagascar [71] and Egypt [74] while a study provided awareness prevalence in 33 countries [8] . The conduction of the studies ranged from 2010 to 2017.…”

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Knowledge Gaps of STIs in Africa; Systematic review

Suluiman¹,

SalahEldin

Idris

et al. 2019

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30Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) are ambiguous burden of tremendous health, social and 31 economic consequences, The current systematic review was conducted in order to determine 32 awareness and knowledge of Africans of sexually transmitted infections, not only concerning 33 HIV/AIDS, but also other STIs such as, gonorrhea, syphilis, HBV, HCV and HPV. A systematic 34 review of the literature was conducted, studies were retrieved and selected after they fulfilled the 35 inclusion criteria and passed the assessment procedure. related data was extracted, quantitative 36 analysis was conducted among participants who responded to questions related to HIV, HBV, HCV, 37 HPV or STIs knowledge, sensitivity analysis as well as subgroup analysis were also conducted. 38 Seventy four articles addressing knowledge among 35 African countries were included and 136 39 questions were analyzed and synthesized. The question Using condom will reduce HIV 40 transmission?'' was answered by 1,799,374 Africans in 35 countries, 66.82% [95% Cl; 62.65, 70.98] 41 answered yes. While the question ''Is sexual contact a possible route of HBV transmission?'' was 42 answered by 7,490 participants in 5 countries; 42.58% [95% Cl; 20.45, 64.71] answered yes. The 43 differences observed among populations are highlighting the possibility for containment and control 44 by directing light toward specific populations or countries as well as addressing specific awareness 45 knowledge to ensure that the general as well as the related specific preventive awareness knowledge 46 is improved. 47 Introduction 50 Sexually transmitted Infections (STIs) are ambiguous burden of tremendous health, social and 51 economic consequences. Most of them are hidden because many people may feel stigmatized when 52 addressing them. Moreover, the committee on prevention and control of sexually transmitted diseases 53 in USA estimated that the annual costs of selected major STDs are approximately $10 billion or, if 54 sexually transmitted HIV is included, $17 billion [1] . 55 According to UNAIDS; almost 37 million people globally were living with HIV in 2017, sub-Saharan 56 Africa accounted for 66% of the cases, 68% of new adult HIV infections, 92% of new infections in 57 children and 72% of all AIDS-related deaths. Earlier in 2009, Swaziland topped the world's HIV 3 58epidemic countries with a 26% prevalence among adults, while South Africa was the country with the 59 world's largest prevalence of people living with HIV as 5.6 million [2,3] . 60On the other hand and according to WHO; an estimated 257 million people are living with HBV 61 infection with the highest prevalence in the Western Pacific Region and the African Region as 6.2% 62 and 6.1% of the adult population are infected, respectively. About 1% of persons living with HBV 63 infection (2.7 million people) are also infected with HIV. Moreover, approximately 399,000 people 64 89 exception was if the collection process continued months/years earlier than 2010 and ended in 2010 or 90 afterwards. The keyw...

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“…Universities have investigated various aspects of targeted interventions to increase the effectiveness of HIV prevention training programmes, but ongoing research is needed to ensure that intervention programmes remain suitable and novel (Agardh, CantorGraae & Ö stergren 2012;Blignaut, Vergnani & Jacobs 2014;Durojaiye 2011;Mutinta, Govender, Gow & George 2012;Oppong & Oti-Boadi 2013).…”

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Trends in HIV risk behaviour of incoming first-year students at a South African university: 2007–2012

Blignaut

Jacobs²,

Vergnani

2015

SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS

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The aim of the research on which this article is based was to understand the behavioural changes of the target student population over time to ensure that future prevention programmes are more effective in changing behaviour. This study reports on quantitative data collected at the University of the Western Cape over a six-year period between 2007 and 2012. All the students attending the orientation sessions and who were willing to complete the anonymous questionnaire during each of the six years were included in the study. Data were collected on the following aspects and subjects: sexual activity, age at first sexual encounter, number of sexual partners, condom usage, knowledge of how to use a condom, perceived ability to discuss condoms usage with a sexual partner, perception of HIV risk and HIV testing as well as the intention to be tested. Reported alcohol and drug usage, as well as depressive symptoms, was also recorded. The percentage of students reporting having had vaginal sex prior to entering university increased from 44% in 2007 to 51% in 2012 but, alarmingly, the consistent use of condoms decreased from 60% in 2007 to 51% in 2012. The average onset age of about 15.6 years for males and 16.7 years for females for vaginal sex did not change over the six-year period. No difference in smoking patterns or drug use was seen over the period of the study, but the number of entering students who indicated that they consumed alcohol increased significantly from 48% in 2007 to 58% in 2012. HIV testing increased from 19% in 2007 to 47% in 2012, whereas the intention to be tested showed no significant change over the period. Although students increasingly reported that they knew enough about HIV/AIDS (63% in 2007 and 69% in 2012), about a third reported suffering from AIDS fatigue. Prevention efforts targeted at those incoming first-year students who are not yet sexually active (about 45% in this study) should be developed and should take into account the multiplicity of factors that appear to influence their sexual debut.

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HIV/AIDS knowledge among undergraduate university students: implications for health education programs in Ghana

Cited by 51 publications

References 19 publications

Knowledge and Acceptance of HIV Counselling And Testing (HCT) among Non-Teaching Staff of A Nigerian Private University

Knowledge and Acceptance of HIV Counselling And Testing (HCT) among Non-Teaching Staff of A Nigerian Private University

Knowledge Gaps of STIs in Africa; Systematic review

Trends in HIV risk behaviour of incoming first-year students at a South African university: 2007–2012

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