Differences in HIV knowledge and sexual practices of learners with intellectual disabilities and non-disabled learners in Nigeria
| Autor: | Basil J. Pillay, Toyin Janet Aderemi, Tonya M. Esterhuizen |
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| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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Health Knowledge Attitudes Practice knowledge Adolescent Sexual Behavior education Population Psychological intervention Nigeria HIV Infections Human sexuality sexual practices law.invention Young Adult Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) Condom law Intellectual Disability Surveys and Questionnaires Intellectual disability medicine Humans adolescents Young adult Child education.field_of_study business.industry Nigerians Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health HIV medicine.disease Cross-Sectional Studies Infectious Diseases Female intellectual disabilities business Research Article Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | Journal of the International AIDS Society |
| ISSN: | 1758-2652 |
| DOI: | 10.7448/ias.16.1.17331 |
| Popis: | Introduction: Individuals with intellectual disabilities are rarely targeted by the current human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) response, thereby reducing their access to HIV information and services. Currently, little is known about the HIV knowledge and sexual practices of young Nigerians with intellectual disabilities. Thus, this study sought to compare the HIV knowledge and sexual practices of learners with mild/moderate intellectual disabilities and non-disabled learners (NDL) in Nigeria. Findings could help in the development of HIV interventions that are accessible to Nigerian learners with intellectual impairments. Methods: This cross-sectional, comparative study utilized a survey to investigate HIV knowledge and sexual practices among learners with mild/moderate intellectual disabilities and NDL in Nigeria. Learners with mild/moderate intellectual disabilities (n=300) and NDL (n=300) within the age range of 12 to 19 years drawn from schools across Oyo State, Nigeria, completed a structured questionnaire to assess their knowledge of HIV transmission and sexual practices. Results: Significantly more learners with mild/moderate intellectual disabilities (62.2%) than NDL 48 (37.8%) reported having sexual experience (p=0.002). Of the sexually experienced female learners with mild/moderate intellectual disabilities, 28 (68.3%) reported history of rape compared with 9 (2.9%) of female NDL (p=0.053). Intellectual impairment was significantly associated with lower HIV transmission knowledge scores (p |
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