Abiodun Olumide, Sotunsa John, Ani Franklin, Jaiyesimi Ebunoluwa
Department of Community Medicine, Benjamin Carson (Snr) College of Medicine, Babcock University, Ilishan-Remo, Ogun State, Nigeria.
BMC Res Notes. 2014 Sep 12;7:639. doi: 10.1186/1756-0500-7-639.
INTRODUCTION: The spread of HIV/AIDS among the reproductive age group particularly young adults is a major public health concern in Nigeria. Lifestyles of students on university campuses put them at increased risk of contracting the HIV. The aim of this study was to assess the level of HIV/AIDS knowledge and to investigate the factors that were correlated with the uptake of and willingness to take up HIV counseling and testing. METHODS: A cross-sectional study of 1,250 university students selected by 2-stage random sampling technique using self-administered questionnaire. RESULTS: The participants consisted of 57.7% females and 42.3% males with ages ranging from 15 to 32 years and a mean of 19.13 ± 2.32 years. The awareness of HIV was universal. The knowledge about HIV/AIDS was very high with a mean score of 8.18 ± 1.60 out of 10; and 97.1% of participants having good knowledge of HIV/AIDS. The major source of HIV/AIDS information was the mass media. There was a significant difference in knowledge of HIV/AIDS by gender where male students had better knowledge about HIV/AIDS than females [t (1225) = 3.179, p = 0.002]. While 95% of the participants knew where to get an HIV test done, only 30.4% had tested for HIV within the six months preceding the study. However, 72.2% of them were willing to test for HIV. There was no significant association between demographic characteristics and having tested for HIV in the preceding six months but there was significant association between willingness to have an HIV test and the participants' age groups, sex, marital status and their knowledge of HIV/AIDS. Participants who were aged 21 years and above and had good knowledge about HIV were more willing to take an HIV test. Females were more willing to take an HIV test than males. CONCLUSION: The participants' knowledge about HIV /AIDS was quite good, the willingness to have HIV test done was high and the knowledge of a place where test can be done was nearly universal yet HIV testing was low. Innovative school based programs should be put in place to leverage on the willingness to test and translate it to periodic HIV testing.
引言：艾滋病毒/艾滋病在育龄人群尤其是年轻人中的传播是尼日利亚一个主要的公共卫生问题。大学校园里学生的生活方式使他们感染艾滋病毒的风险增加。本研究的目的是评估艾滋病毒/艾滋病知识水平，并调查与接受和愿意接受艾滋病毒咨询及检测相关的因素。 方法：采用两阶段随机抽样技术，对1250名大学生进行横断面研究，使用自填式问卷。 结果：参与者中女性占57.7%，男性占42.3%，年龄在15至32岁之间，平均年龄为19.13±2.32岁。对艾滋病毒的知晓率很高。对艾滋病毒/艾滋病的知识掌握程度非常高，平均得分为8.18±1.60（满分10分）；97.1%的参与者对艾滋病毒/艾滋病有良好的了解。艾滋病毒/艾滋病信息的主要来源是大众媒体。在艾滋病毒/艾滋病知识方面，按性别存在显著差异，男学生对艾滋病毒/艾滋病的了解比女学生更好[t(1225)=3.179，p=0.002]。虽然95%的参与者知道在哪里可以进行艾滋病毒检测，但在研究前六个月内只有30.4%的人进行过艾滋病毒检测。然而，其中72.2%的人愿意接受艾滋病毒检测。在前六个月的人口统计学特征与是否进行过艾滋病毒检测之间没有显著关联，但愿意接受艾滋病毒检测与参与者的年龄组、性别、婚姻状况及其对艾滋病毒/艾滋病的了解之间存在显著关联。年龄在21岁及以上且对艾滋病毒有良好了解的参与者更愿意接受艾滋病毒检测。女性比男性更愿意接受艾滋病毒检测。 结论：参与者对艾滋病毒/艾滋病的了解相当不错，接受艾滋病毒检测的意愿很高，对检测地点的知晓率几乎普及，但艾滋病毒检测率较低。应实施创新的校内项目，利用检测意愿并将其转化为定期的艾滋病毒检测。
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