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ERIC Number: EJ777976
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2007-Sep
Pages: 7
Abstractor: Author
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0146-3934
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Women and HIV/AIDS Epidemic: The Issue of College Age Girls' Awareness in Nigeria
Momoh, Solomon O.; Moses, Ailemen I.; Ugiomoh, Maria M.
College Student Journal, v41 n3 p720-726 Sep 2007
This study was conducted to examine women and HIV/AIDS epidemic: the issue of school age girls' awareness in Nigeria information was elicited from 1,222 randomly selected regular under-graduate female students from the 11 faculties of the university of Lagos, Nigeria, with the use of a standardized structured questionnaire. Results of the major objective of the study, that is the level of HIV/AIDS awareness among female undergraduate students showed a moderate level of awareness, including other specific objectives of age, level of study and marital status. It contrast, 600 level of study showed a high degree of awareness, it was only divorce as a sub-variable of marital status that showed a low level of awareness. The paper then made some recommendations, that what is needed in Nigeria and indeed Africa, is to address the cultural, biological and socioeconomic conditions contributing to women greater vulnerability to HIV/AIDS epidemic. (Contains 1 table.)
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers - Location: Africa; Nigeria
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