Knowledge, attitudes and practices towards voluntary HIV counselling and testing among adolescents of a senior high school in Nigeria

Mayaki, Toluwalase Feyisetan

dc.contributor.advisor	Moleke, M. M.
dc.contributor.author	Mayaki, Toluwalase Feyisetan
dc.date.accessioned	2013-05-16T11:56:20Z
dc.date.available	2013-05-16T11:56:20Z
dc.date.issued	2013-05-16
dc.identifier.citation	Mayaki, Toluwalase Feyisetan (2013) Knowledge, attitudes and practices towards voluntary HIV counselling and testing among adolescents of a senior high school in Nigeria, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/9503>	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10500/9503
dc.description.abstract	Voluntary counselling and testing (VCT) for HIV is a vital tool in HIV prevention and care, available information indicates low uptake among Nigerian adolescents despite effort at combating the scourge of HIV/AIDS. A cross sectional quantitative descriptive study was conducted to describe the knowledge, understand the attitudes and practices of VCT among adolescents of senior high school in Nigeria with the aim of informing VCT services and policies. A systematic random sampling of 100 adolescents was done and data collected by means of structured self-administered questionnaires. The study revealed inadequate knowledge on VCT among the study participants which is probably responsible for their poor VCT uptake. Free VCT services and availability of VCT services within the school are factors that could motivate VCT uptake among the students. There is need to enhance dissemination of VCT information among youth and create youth-friendly VCT services to increase VCT uptake among adolescents	en
dc.format.extent	1 online resource (viii, 67 leaves.)
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.rights	University of South Africa
dc.subject	Adolescent	en
dc.subject	Attitude	en
dc.subject	Knowledge	en
dc.subject	Practice	en
dc.subject	Student	en
dc.subject	VC	en
dc.subject.ddc	616.330096822
dc.subject.lcsh	HIV-positive youth -- Counseling of -- Nigeria	en
dc.subject.lcsh	HIV-positive youth -- Nigeria -- Attitudes	en
dc.title	Knowledge, attitudes and practices towards voluntary HIV counselling and testing among adolescents of a senior high school in Nigeria	en
dc.type	Dissertation	en
dc.description.department	Health Studies	en
dc.description.degree	M.A. (Public Health)