Attitudes of HIV/AIDS Orphans Towards Teachers, Classmates and the Community: the Case of Three Government Children's Homes in Addis Ababa
| dc.contributor.advisor | Wondimu, Habtamu (Professor) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Atnaf, Bitew | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-06-27T11:34:38Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-11-05T08:57:37Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-06-27T11:34:38Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-11-05T08:57:37Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2007-03 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The purpose of this study was to examine the attitude of HIV/AIDS orphans towards their teachers, the classmates and the community by using 3 point attitude scale questionnaire (consisting of 49 items), interview and focus group discussions. The study also aimed at revealing the main perceived contributing factors to favor or unfavor their teachers, the community and the classmates. Sixty HIV/AIDS orphans (grades 3 - 8 and ages 9-18) were included in the study 55 percent of them were females. The respondents were purposely selected from the three government children's homes (Kolfe, Kibebe Tsehay and Kechene Children's Homes) Two social workers, two counselors and 6 HIV/AIDS orphans were interviewed and 18 teachers and 12 non-orphan classmates also participated in the focus group discussions. The teachers and the non- orphan classmates were selected from three primary schools (Tsehay Chora, Kechene Oebreselam and Medhinalem primary school). Analyses of the data were made using quantitative method; (percentage, mean, standard deviation and t- test) and qualitative methods. The mean score differences of the respondents based on sex, age and grade level was checked by suing t-test. The obtained data indicated that the majority of the respondents, (71.67%, 68.83% and 83.33%) had favorable attitudes towards their teachers, non-orphan classmates and orphan classmates respectively However, majority (53.33%) of them had negative attitudes towards the community The mean scores of the respondents 2.22, 2.17 and 2.43 towards the teachers, non-orphan classmates and orphan classmates, respectively (which are above the average value =2), indicating their positive attitudes to the respective sections of the society But, the mean value 1.97 towards the community indicates their negative attitudes towards the community The major perceiv,ed contributing factors for the respondents to disfavor their teachers, the community and the non-orphan classmates were mainly related to stigma and discrimination by the section of the society mentioned above. However, the stigma and discrimination against them were not related with the impact of HI VIA IDS on the respondents. The mean differences based on sex, age and grade level weren't statistically significant at alpha = 0.05. Finally, recommendations were forwarded in accordance with findings and conclusions | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/4144 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Addis Ababa University | en_US |
| dc.subject | HIV/AIDS;orphans | en_US |
| dc.title | Attitudes of HIV/AIDS Orphans Towards Teachers, Classmates and the Community: the Case of Three Government Children's Homes in Addis Ababa | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |