Students' Knowledge about Sex and HIV/AIDS: The Case of Agona District in the Central Region of Ghana

African Journal of Educational Studies in Mathematics and Sciences Pub Date : 2008-11-20 DOI:10.4314/AJESMS.V4I1.38624

W. Hordzi

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Two hundred and twenty two (222) students in Junior and Senior Secondary Schools were sampled in the Agona District in the Central Region of Ghana to find out the extent of their sexual activity and their awareness on HIV/AIDS. The results show that the students were sexually active and some of them started at the early stage of 8 years. The boys were more sexually active than the girls. However, a large number of those of them engaged in sex (76.66%) did not use the condom. Though 63.05% of respondents knew that HIV/AIDS is caused by a virus (a germ) some others believe that HIV/AIDS is as a result of curse or punishment from God or gods and only offenders contract the disease. Despite the fact that most of the respondents had good knowledge of the modes of spread, symptoms, preventive measures and ways of living with people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) a large number of them also had different kinds of misconceptions. The differences between the total frequencies were very highly significant (X2 = 44.77, P African Journal of Educational Studies in Mathematics and Sciences Vol. 4 2006: pp. 61-75

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学生的性知识与爱滋病知识:以加纳中部地区的阿戈纳区为例

在加纳中部地区的Agona区对222名初中和高中学生进行了抽样调查，以了解他们的性活动程度以及他们对艾滋病毒/艾滋病的认识。结果表明，学生的性行为较为活跃，部分学生从8岁开始有性行为。男孩比女孩在性方面更活跃。但发生性行为的人群中有大量(76.66%)未使用安全套。虽然63.05%的答复者知道艾滋病毒/艾滋病是由病毒(细菌)引起的，但其他人认为艾滋病毒/艾滋病是上帝或神灵诅咒或惩罚的结果，只有罪犯才会感染这种疾病。尽管大多数受访者对艾滋病毒/艾滋病(PLWHA)感染者的传播方式、症状、预防措施和生活方式有很好的了解，但他们中的许多人也有不同类型的误解。总频率之间的差异非常显著(X2 = 44.77)， P非洲数学与科学教育研究杂志Vol. 4 2006: pp. 61-75

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