Knowledge among Adolsence on Stis, Hiv and Aids

Abstract

This study entitled "Knowledge among Adolescence on STIs and HIV/AIDS in Gaindakot VDC" was carried out in order to assess the existing knowledge about STIs and HIV/AIDS among adolescence to find out health problems related to STIs and HIV/AIDS. Majority 99% of the respondents had heard about STIs and HIV/AIDS but they were unaware about different modes of transmission signs and symptoms of STIs and HIV/AIDS. Most of the respondents were unaware about the transmission of STIs and HIV/AIDS. 52% of the respondents had known that HIV/AIDS and STIs are the communicable diseases. 94% of the adolescence had known about the infected mother can pass HIV virus to her new born baby and unsterliazed infected needle may spread HIV/AIDS through blood transfusion. Most of them had heard about the condom. There are various factors that hinder the awareness about STIs and HIV/AIDS among adolescence such as educational status, effective advertising programs from T.V., radio, news paper, and awareness programmes etc. and the main problem found in the study area was that the adolescence mainly girls could not talk about sexual behavior. Which has become the big problem to the safe sexual behaviour. Due to shyness, it is found that they didn't express their problems and early used to go for treatment and some of the respondents were unaware about the treatment of the STIs and HIV/AIDS. Having such traditional condition of healthy behavior may possibilities of transmission of AIDS and STIs is seen in the study area.