Societal Attitude Towards People Living With HIV/AIDS in Epe-Lagos, Nigeria

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dc.contributor.authorAdemiju, P.U.
dc.contributor.authorAyodele, O.T.
dc.contributor.authorBalogun, S.A.
dc.date.accessioned2020-06-22T12:41:37Z
dc.date.available2020-06-22T12:41:37Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.description.abstractThe study investigated the attitude of people of different sex, age, profession, education and religion towards people living with HIV/AIDS. A total of one thousand, two hundred and forty participants were selected, using random sampling technique. Research instrument was a self-developed (20 items) validated questionnaire (r = 0.61). Data generated were analysed using descriptive statistics of frequency count and percentages for the research questions and inferential statistics oft-test and ANOVA for the five hypotheses at 0.05 alpha level. Findings revealed that, generally, the society have positive attitude towards people with HIV/AIDS. It further revealed significant difference in mean attitude scores among people of different age groups (F21237=4.693 p<0.05); profession (F4I23= 12.252 p<0.05) educational background (F1I235=5.408 p<0.05) and religion (F3J236—13.00p<0.05). However, there was no significant difference in attitude scores between male and female (t-value =1.089 p>0.05). Based on the findings of this study, it was recommended that sex and AIDS education should be made available in religious institutions, homes, through the media and other public placesen_US
dc.identifier.citationAdemiju, P.U., Ayodele, O.T., & Balogun, S.A. (2010). Societal Attitude Towards People Living With HIV/AIDS in Epe-Lagos, Nigeria. An international journal of education pratice ( The Beagle).15-25en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://ir.unilag.edu.ng/handle/123456789/8401
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherAn international journal of education pratice ( The Beagle)en_US
dc.subjectHIV/AIDSen_US
dc.subjectEducationen_US
dc.subjectAttitudeen_US
dc.subjectReligionen_US
dc.subjectProfessionen_US
dc.subjectSex educationen_US
dc.titleSocietal Attitude Towards People Living With HIV/AIDS in Epe-Lagos, Nigeriaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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