Knowledge and Attitude towards HIV jVCT among Military Personnel: The Case of Cadets at Major General Haylom Araya Military Academy.
No Thumbnail Available
Date
2007-04
Authors
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
Volume Title
Publisher
Addis Ababa University
Abstract
An assessment was made mainly to describe the knowledge about and altitude towards
HIVIVCT of cadets at the Major General Haylom Araya Military Academy. Subsequently,
an altempt was made to see the effects of cadets' residence, marital status and education
level on cadets' knowledge and at/itudes towards HIVIVCT.
To at/ain this objective a sample of 193 male cadets was randomly selected from a
population of 595 cadets and all the available female cadets' (16) were included. In
addition, (18) cadets were purposefully selected for the Focus Group Discussion (FGD).
The collected data were analyzed using SPSS soft ware.
Analysis of the qualitative and quantitative data indicated that the majority of the cadets
have got good knowledge of HIVIVCT and showed afavorable altitude towards HIVIVCT,
but with some reluctance to get the service.
Moreover, cadets didn't show significant knowledge differences on HIVIVCT across
residence and education levels but marital status. No significant at/itude differences was
observed towards HIVIVCT across marital status and education levels except residence
where urban raised cadets were seen with more favorable attitudes than rural raised
cadets. Moreover, knowledge about HIVIVCT was not seen significantly correlated with
altitude towards HIVIVCT.
It was concluded that cadets had good knowledge and altitude towards HIVIVCT despite
some reluctance to test their anti bodies against HIV
Description
Keywords
HIVIVCT.