The Knowledge, Attitude and Expected Role of Muslim Students towards HIV/AIDS the Case of four General Secondary Schools and one Informal Education Center in Addis Ababa
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2010-06
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Addis Ababa University
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The main purpo e of the study was to know the level of Muslim students knowledge,
attitude, stigma and di crimination their under tanding of the Islamic approach to defend
the spread of HIV and to investigate their understanding and commitment to the expected
role as a Muslim. The next purpose was to compare madrasa and high school students
knowledge, attitude and other variables too. For this purpose 303 students from high
school (198) and madrasa (l05) respondents from Addis Ababa were selected. Mainly a
questionnaire was employed to gather the required information from the subjects. Using
independent sample t test the obtained data were analyzed and interpreted. As a result the
following major findings were observed. Though both groups have good level of
knowledge, high school students have significantly better than madrasa students with
some limitation. In relation to attitude, stigma and discrimination, high school students
were found to have favorable attitude and less stigmatic and discriminatory behavior
towards the victims. While madrasa students' attitude was negative and they were more
of stigmatic and discriminators. The variation was also significant at alpha 0.0] level.
Regarding the Islamic approach to the prevention strategy both groups agree to the
importance but madrasa students significantly better in their understanding and
commitment to this approach. Finally their understanding to the expected role was
assessed and high school students were found to be more responsible. The correlation
coefficient showed that strong and positive relationship among variables with the
exception of prevention strategy with the other variables and it was significant for all
variables.
Finally some important recommendations were forwarded so as to improve subjects
(especially madrasa students) knowledge, attitude towards PLHA, orphans and the like.
Out of this teaching the religious leaders, making repeated open discussion with both the
clerics and madrasa students i required to improve their stigmatic behavior and
unfavorable attitude. Enough attention shou ld be given to these groups so that they may
help in the pr0gess of defending and controlling the pandemic
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