AN ASSESSMENT OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDE OF COUPLES ABOUT HIV/AIDS IN KEFFI - NIGERIA
| dc.contributor.author | Abubakar, Mahmud | |
| dc.contributor.author | Nasiru, Idris Medugu | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-12-14T05:42:10Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-12-14T05:42:10Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2013-03-03 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The study determined the relationship between the knowledge and attitude of couples about HIV/AIDS in Keffi Local Government Area of Nasarawa State. A matrix of ethnicity versus trade was then constructed. Couples in this study are married men and women of different ethnicity and trade. 300 couples (150 males and 150 females) resident in the sampled houses in Keffi Local Government Area were used for the study. An integrated descriptive statistics such as percentages, mean, frequency, ratios and proportions was employed. The major findings of the study were that couples in Keffi Local Government Area have a High (62.3%) knowledge about HIV/AIDS; that the attitude of couples about HIV/AIDS is negative as evidenced by the total mean score of 2.4 which is less than the criterion mean of 2.5; there was no statistically significant relationship (rho-.OOl) in the correlation between knowledge and attitude of couples about H1V/A1DS, and there was no statistically significant gender difference in the knowledge and attitudes of couples about HIV/AIDS. The study recommends that health and nurse educators, clinicians and other stake holders in the health sector should design better educational strategies to increase the knowledge of couples about HIV/AIDS so as to influence their attitude positively. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | Abubakar, M. & Nasiru, I.M. (2013). AN ASSESSMENT OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDE OF COUPLES ABOUT HIV/AIDS IN KEFFI - NIGERIA | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://keffi.nsuk.edu.ng/handle/20.500.14448/4682 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Department of Geography, Nasarawa State State University Keffi | en_US |
| dc.subject | HIV/AIDs, Knowledge, Attitude, Keffi, | en_US |
| dc.title | AN ASSESSMENT OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDE OF COUPLES ABOUT HIV/AIDS IN KEFFI - NIGERIA | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |