SEXUAL BEHAVIOUR IN THE ERA OF HIV/AIDS AMONG IN-SCHOOL FEMALE ADOLESCENTS IN SABON GARI LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, KADUNA STAT

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dc.contributor.authorUDOH, GEOFFREY CALIX
dc.date.accessioned2014-02-05T11:38:11Z
dc.date.available2014-02-05T11:38:11Z
dc.date.issued2002-12
dc.descriptionA Thesis Submitted to the Postgraduate School, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, in partial fulfillment of the Requirements For the Award of Masters in Public Healthen_US
dc.description.abstractA cross sectional study of 400 randomly selected in-school female adolescents in Sabon Gari Local Government Area, Kaduna State, to determine their level of knowledge about AIDS and the influence of such knowledge on their sexual behaviour. Structured questionnaire and Focus Group Discussions (FGD) were used to collect data. 93.3% of the respondents were aware of AIDS, 93% knew HIV could be transmitted through sexual intercourse. 33% of the respondents were sexually exposed. FGDs revealed poverty as a major socio - economic factor pre - disposing in-school female adolescents to premarital sex. There was no significant association between knowledge of sexual means of HIV transmission and use of condom. However, there was a significant positive association between knowledge of the protective effect of condom against sexual transmission of HIV and regular use of condom. (X2=5.25, P=<0.05). The study reveals an adolescent female population that is vulnerable and at risk of HIV infection as a result of their sexual behaviour. Public health measures are urgently needed to educate and positively change the attitudes of female adolescents towards condom.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/332
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectSEXUALen_US
dc.subjectBEHAVIOURen_US
dc.subjectERAen_US
dc.subjectHIV/AIDSen_US
dc.subjectAMONGen_US
dc.subjectIN-SCHOOLen_US
dc.subjectFEMALEen_US
dc.subjectADOLESCENTSen_US
dc.subjectSABONen_US
dc.subjectGARIen_US
dc.subjectLOCALen_US
dc.subjectGOVERNMENTen_US
dc.subjectAREAen_US
dc.subjectKADUNA STATEen_US
dc.titleSEXUAL BEHAVIOUR IN THE ERA OF HIV/AIDS AMONG IN-SCHOOL FEMALE ADOLESCENTS IN SABON GARI LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, KADUNA STATen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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