Knowledge Among Adolsence on STIs, HIV/AIDS in Bharatpur Metropolitan
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Faculty of Health Education
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This thesis entitled Knowledge among Adolescence STIs, HIV/AIDS in
Bharatpur Metropolitan. This study was done on the basis of primary data. The
main objectives of this study to identify the existing knowledge on STIs, HIV
and AIDS among adolescence. To find out their knowledge about mode of
transmission and preventive measures of HIV/AIDS and to identify the
differences of knowledge between boys and girls adolescence. HIV/AIDS is on
of the dangerous and fatal disease, which is burning problem in the world.
There is no vaccine for AIDS till date, health education, program and mass
media are the key factor to avoid the problem. In this study the researcher has
understood about the origin and history of HIV/AIDS. And also known about
the attitudes and practices on HIV/AIDS in national and international societies.
The study was basically based on primary sources obtaining the information
concerning HIV/AIDS from sample survey among adolescent of Bharatpur
Metropolitan. It is basic on quantitative research design. This study has been
taken 270 students as the sample of this study through random selection. The
researcher concluded that the respondents of this area had more knowledge
about the sign & symptoms of HIV/AIDS. Weight loss, fever and diarrhoea are
the major signs. Most of the respondents had heard that HIV/AIDS is the
communicable disease but a few students had negative answer.
Majority respondents had known about unsafe sexual contact is the main cause
of HIV and infected needle and transfusion of blood are main causes. Majority
of the respondents had known about homosex and they were confused on
HIV/AIDS transmission from the homosexual contact. The respondents are
well known about instructional method for raising awareness on HIV/AIDS but
they had not known about seminar/workshop and almost respondents suggested
that HIV/AIDS education is more essential in school level curriculum.