Identifying factors that affect helping clients at VCT in Black Lion Hospital
| dc.contributor.advisor | Zewdie, Teka (PhD) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Bereda, Metasbiya | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-08-08T07:28:02Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-11-18T16:16:40Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-08-08T07:28:02Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-11-18T16:16:40Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2015-06 | |
| dc.description.abstract | A cross sectional descriptive study was conducted in March 2015 among Black Lion Hospital young clients. The objective of the study was to identify factors that affect VCT services. Convenience sampling method was used to fill out 188 self administered questionnaires of which 180 were retuned complete, making the respondent rate of 95.7%. Among the respondents, 96 (53.3%) were males and 84(46.7%) were females. The mean age of the respondent was 16.25 and standard deviation 0.821 of both sex mix, 114(63.3%) of the respondents had sexual experience i.e. (31.1%) of the males and 32.2% of female. The majority 175 (97.2%) of them had heard about VCT services from different sources, but only 106 (58.9%) of the client had undergone VCT. 62.8% of the young were willing to undergo VCT in the future. A theoretical construct with the intention and willingness to undergo VCT was analyzed by asking client future plan to use VCT. Thus correlation analysis showed that willingness to VCT was significantly associated with perceived susceptibility, perceived barrier & perceived benefit. Even if majority of youth had high level of knowledge, still they were engaged in risky sexual behavior. About half of (44.4%) young’s had low perception (didn’t belief they are at risk of getting HIV) perception to ward acquiring HIV.Health institution and different media should advocate the benefits of VCT and HIV preventive message like VCT should emphasis personal susceptibility to HIV/AIDS. Other non health professionals, trained VCT counselor should be involved in counseling to increase the acceptance rate. Fear reduction of stigma and discrimination should be strengthened. Information, education and communication programs should be established and emphasis should be put on reproductive health in order to encourage the young to avoid unsafe sex. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/12345678/11250 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Addis Ababa University | en_US |
| dc.subject | Lion Hospital | en_US |
| dc.title | Identifying factors that affect helping clients at VCT in Black Lion Hospital | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |