'Over my Dead Body': Knowledge and Attitude of Children towards HIV and AIDS in the Cape Coast Metropolis of Ghana

Autor:	Samuel Asiedu Owusu
Jazyk:	angličtina
Rok vydání:	2015
Předmět:	Access to Information Male Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Health Knowledge Attitudes Practice Adolescent Surveys and Questionnaires Children perception HIV and AIDS Cape Coast Ghana Humans Female HIV Infections Child Ghana Qualitative Research
Zdroj:	African Journal of Reproductive Health; Vol 19, No 1 (2015); 63-72 Scopus-Elsevier
ISSN:	1118-4841
Popis:	In Ghana, it was estimated in 2013 that some 34,557 children were living with HIV and AIDS. Researches on children’s perception of risk, knowledge and support services for infected persons have been rarely undertaken. This paper is based on responses obtained from 120 in-school children aged 9-13 years drawn from three schools in the Cape Coast Metropolis of Ghana. The respondents provided qualitative data through essays and quantitative data through questionnaires. All the respondents have had some knowledge on HIV and AIDS and knew of where to access HIV and AIDS information. More than seventy per cent of them were not willing to purchase fresh vegetables from AIDS vendors nor were willing to allow AIDS infected female teachers to continue teaching them. It was recommended that children should be targeted with behavioural change communication messages especially by teachers to enable them live harmoniously with people infected and affected with AIDS. Keywords: Children, perception, HIV and AIDS, Cape Coast, Ghana
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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