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Showing 1 to 20 of 25 for “"HIV/AIDS knowledge"”.
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Safe sex practices: Identity style, sexual communication, and HIV/AIDS knowledge
… including the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) namely in the adolescent population. Despite the substantial amount of research that has been done in this area, no findings seem substantive enough in nature to satisfactorily shape effective …
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The socioeconomic correlates of HIV/AIDS knowledge and condom use in Madagascar
We estimate the determinants of HIV/AIDS knowledge and related behavior (use of condoms)among women in Madagascar, a country where prevalence remains low but conditions are ripe for a rapid increase in infections. In both rural and urban areas, more educated and wealthier women are more likely to …
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HIV/AIDS: Knowledge and attitudes of first and second year Indian dental students
The increased likelihood of HIV/ AIDS infection reaching epidemic heights in South-East Asian countries like India makes it crucial for health care workers, including dentists, to be well informed and adequately prepared to encounter this challenge. Dentists can play an important role in the early …
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An analysis of pre-service teachers' HIV/AIDS knowledge, attitudes and self-efficacy and their HIV/AIDS teaching tasks
… the interface between pre-service teachers' HIV/AIDSknowledge, attitudes and self-efficacy, and their intentions to teach HIV/AIDS knowledge, attitudes and self-efficacy. It is located within the models of teacher education which provides a conceptual framework to analyse HIV/AIDS pre-service …
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Assessment of media acquired HIV/AIDS knowledge, attitudes and practices among learners at Collins Chabane Local Municipality in Vhembe District.
HIV/AIDS is a global public health problem with the highest number of HIV positive adolescents. In sub-Saharan Africa about 1.5 million adolescents are living with HIV. Limpopo province has become the fifth contributor to HIV/AIDS incidence among the nine Provinces of South Africa with Vhembe …
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Analysing the socio-demographic determinants of comprehensive HIV/AIDS knowledge among school-going children in Botwana: a multi-level analysis
… efforts to contain transmission, the spread of HIV/AIDS remains a problem in some communities. Botswana is one of the countries in sub-Saharan Africa that is most affected by the pandemic and, similar to other countries, Botswana has a higher proportion of HIVinfected young people in comparison …
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HIV/AIDS knowledge, attitudes and risky sexual behaviours of college students at Nazarene Teacher Training College in Swaziland: A descriptive study
The aim of this study was to describe the knowledge and attitudes of college students of the Manzini Nazarene Teacher Training College with regard to HIV/AIDS. The aim was to identify risky sexual practices of the college students as well, which may require redress in order to enhance their …
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The Development, Pilot, and Field Test of the Core HIV/AIDS Knowledge Assessment for Undergraduate and Graduate Students in Counseling-Related Degree Programs
The purpose of this study was to develop a core HIV/AIDS knowledge assessment (CHAKA) for students enrolled in counseling-related degree programs. Although there are studies that examined counseling HIV/AIDS knowledge, the instruments that were used were limited in ways that may compromise the …
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An evaluation of the Zululand University peer educators' programme
… the effectiveness of the Zululand University HIV/AIDS peer educator programme. The evaluation was surnmative in nature. The research design was a pre-post-test control group design and both qualitative and quantitative methods were used for data collection and data analysis. The outcome …
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A Model for HIV/AIDS Risk Behaviors of Students in Armenia
<p>Without a cure in now its third decade, AIDS is a concern for both the medical and social science disciplines. Most at risk for a nationwide AIDS epidemic are developing countries, which often lack the necessary resources and knowledge to minimize the spread of the disease. There are an …
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Social Workers' Perception on HIV/AIDS and the Effects on Their Service Delivery
… between social workers’ perceptions of the HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) /AIDS (acquired immune deficiency syndrome) population and the effects on their service delivery. This study used a quantitative online survey with a self-administered questionnaire. Data was collected for 60 …
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HIV/AIDS related knowledge, attitudes and behaviour of FET College students: implications for sexual health promotion
… quantitative findings indicated high levels of HIV/AIDS knowledge, self-concept and self-efficacy. Risky sexual behaviour was measured in terms of condom use and the number of sexual partners in the 12 months prior to the study with males reporting significantly more risky sexual behaviour. More …
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Discourses of health, sexuality and gender in the H360° HIV/AIDS education portal on MXit.
… formation of identities and construction of knowledge. This dissertation uses feminist critical discourse analysis as an explanatory framework in order to investigate what types of discourses around HIV/AIDS emerge from queries submitted to the mobile application H360°, which is an …
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Essays on Women's Education, Health Knowledge, and Fertility: Evidence from Vietnam
… implications for educational attainment, health knowledge, and early life outcomes. Chapter 1 exploits variation in reform exposure by age in 1991 to estimate its impact on educational attainment. I find that exposure to the reform increased primary school completion and improved transitions to …
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Facilitated family interventions in the HIV/AIDS life skills programme in Mthatha schools
This study was aimed at improving knowledge, attitude and practices of teachers, parents and learners on HIV/AIDS issues in Mthatha schools in Eastern Cape. The specific objective was to promote mental health in the form of improved family communication about HIV/AIDS issues and also to promote the …
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HIV/AIDS-related stigma in the South African construction industry: the case of ESKOM
… not responded effectively to address the high HIV-prevalence rate within its workforce. The Western Cape construction industry is the least responsive. No formal studies have examined how the construction industry's unresponsiveness to the pandemic has impacted Eskom's capital construction …
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The effectiveness of computer-assisted instruction as a strategy for HIV /AIDS education and training for health care professionals
HIV/AIDS remains as one of the leading public health concerns worldwide for over two decades. With the rising numbers of individuals diagnosed with this disease, healthcare professionals are being impacted in their daily practice. Thus, an educational self-study CD-ROM on "HIV/AIDS Prevention, …
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The Effectiveness of computer-assisted instruction as a strategy for HIV/AIDS education and training for health care professionals
HIV/AID remains as one of the leading public health concerns worldwide for over two decades. With the rising numbers of individuals diagnosed with this disease, healthcare professionals are being impacted in their daily practice. Thus, an educational self-study CD-ROM on "HIVIAIDS Prevention, Early …
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An evaluation of a home-care project for people with HIV and AIDS
… project initiated to care for people living with HIV and AIDS. The evaluation, which was conducted at the request of the project management, emphasises the importance of evaluation for project workers, participants, funders and policy makers, as well demonstrating the role that academics can play …
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Sexual Health Knowledge and Attitudes of a Sample of Saskatchewan Post-Secondary Freshmen
… of this study was to describe the sexual health knowledge and attitudes of a sample of Saskatchewan post secondary freshmen aged 17-19. Three primary questions guided this research: What do Saskatchewan freshmen know about the general sexual health topics of physiology, contraception, and …
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