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Hiv/aids: Knowledge, Attitudes And Beliefs
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1.6 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
This
study aims at informing, educating, sensitizing and enlightening the
general public and undergraduates of institutions about how to prevent
and manage HIV/AIDS. Similarly, this study is coming on the thrust of
reminding the government, tertiary school administrators and
non-governmental organizations that much is expected of them in
enlightening the general public and undergraduates of universities about
HIV/AIDS. They are meant to put programmes and campaigns that will aid
this together to achieve excellence.
This study will be of immense
benefit to other researchers who intend to know more on this topic and
can also be used by non-researchers to build more on their work. This
study contributes to knowledge and could serve as a guide for other work
or study.
1.7 SCOPE OF THE STUDY/LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY
This
study is restricted to HIV/AIDS: knowledge, attitudes and beliefs among
undergraduates, with University of Lagos as a case study.
Limitations of study
1.
1. Financial constraint- Insufficient fund tends to impede the
efficiency of the researcher in sourcing for the relevant materials,
literature or information and in the process of data collection
(internet, questionnaire and interview).
2. 2. Time
constraint- The researcher will simultaneously engage in this study with
other academic work. This consequently will cut down on the time
devoted for the research work.
1.9 DEFINITION OF TERMS
HIV/AIDS:
AIDS (Acquired immune deficiency syndrome or acquired immunodeficiency
syndrome) is a syndrome caused by a virus called HIV (Human
Immunodeficiency Virus). The illness alters the immune system, making
people much more vulnerable to infections and diseases. This
susceptibility worsens as the syndrome progresses.
HIV is found in
the body fluids of an infected person (semen and vaginal fluids, blood
and breast milk). The virus is passed from one person to another through
blood-to-blood and sexual contact. In addition, infected pregnant women
can pass HIV to their babies during pregnancy, delivering the baby
during childbirth, and through breast feeding.
HIV can be transmitted
in many ways, such as vaginal, oral sex, anal sex, blood transfusion,
and contaminated hypodermic needles.
Both the virus and the syndrome
are often referred to together as HIV/AIDS. People with HIV have what is
called HIV infection. As a result, some will then develop AIDS. The
development of numerous opportunistic infections in an AIDS patient can
ultimately lead to death.
According to research, the origins of HIV
date back to the late nineteenth or early twentieth century in
west-central Africa. AIDS and its cause, HIV, were first identified and
recognized in the early 1980s.
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