Knowledge and Attitudes on STIs And HIV/AIDs among Secondary and Higher Secondary School Students (A Study of shree Jana Priya Higher Secondary School, Chinnebas-3, Syangja)

Abstract

HIV/AIDS has been challenging for human being since 1981. It has alsokilled millions of human and it is beyond the capacity of the modern medical science.At first, it is appeared in the United States and dramatically spread to Europe,America, Africa, Australia and Asia that colonized the whole world. STIs andHIV/AIDS have been the crucial public health problem in the world. In Africa, it isthe major cause of death. Now-a-days, it has been rapidly increasing in thedevelopingcountries. It has been also carried out the great barriers for developingcountries. Efforts in all aspects like prevention, counseling, advocacy, and care havebeen made from all sectors. Timely proper action with the involvement of all thesectors isemerging need if not applied, it might extinct the human being. This study on knowledge and attitudes on STIS and HIV/AIDS amongsecondary and higher secondary school students is carried out on the basis of primarydata collected by usingpurposive randomsampling inJana Priya Higher SecondarySchoolwardnumber 3of Chinnebas VDC, Syangja District.The main objective ofthis study is to assess the knowledge and attitudes on STIs and HIV/AIDS amongsecondary and higher secondary school students. The sample population is taken as150(80 females and70males). All of the respondents are Hindu. About,74.67percent respondents' households havetelevisionbut only a fewdo not havetelevision.Electricity facility is availableinalmostevery part of theVDC. About79.34percent respondents have heard about STIs and97.33percenthave heard about HIV/AIDS. The major source of information about STIs is radio(76.47%).Nearly89.91percent respondents know about mode of transmission ofHIV/AIDS. Almost all respondents 94 percent know the preventive measure ofHIV/AIDS which is appreciating; however, they have confusion on symptoms typesof mode of transmission and preventive measure. Only50.44percent respondentsshow positive attitudes towards HIV/AIDS infected person.They told that they shouldlove and respect to the infected person.