HOW COULD NURSES INFLUENCE THE KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF HIV AND AIDS AMONGST NIGERIANS. A RESEARCH PROJECT MATERIAL ON BIOLOGY
ABSTRACT
The study was carried out to investigate how Nurses in Nigeria can increase the depth of knowledge and understanding of HIV/AIDS among Nigerians. The sample of the study was one hundred and three randomly selected nurses ofGeneral Hospital,Annua,Uyo,Akwa ibom state,Nigeria. An instrument tagged “Questionnaire on knowledge of HIV/AIDS Pandemic (QKHP)” designed by the researcher was used to gather data. Three research questions and four research hypotheses were formulated to guide the study. Frequency countsand percentages were used for the analysis of the questions. Findings showed that the degree of the awareness level on HIV/AIDS among Nigerians was generally moderate. Further analysis, however,revealed that significant differences existed between male and female nurses when basic knowledge about HIVIAIDS, mode of transmission and prevention ofHIV/AIDS were jointly and separately tested.The implications of these findings on counselling practice was discussed.
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
BACKGROUND OF STUDY
Mankind has been contending with diverse health problems since the time of Adam. The greatest of this health problem manifested two decade ago and it was nick-named HIV/AIDS. Within the short pace of its discovery, Ojedokun (2004) remarks that it is among the top ten disease killers in the world wide and would soonest move to the top five at the rate at which it spreads across the nations. Ekoja (2006) describes the disease as the single most serious long term threat tosurvival, threatening to plunge the country into a multi-faceted development crisis.
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