Abstract:
The HIV/AIDS menace has been a major source of concern to everyone, particularly,
the people of Lower Manya Krobo Municipality as the area has always recorded
higher rate of infections compared with other districts in Ghana. The study sought to
assess HIV/AIDS knowledge of Senior High School students in the Lower Manya
Krobo Municipality of the Eastern Region of Ghana. The simple random sampling
technique was adopted to select 300 students, comprising 120 boys and 180 girls
proportionately selected from the four Senior High Schools in the Municipality.A-37
item questionnaire adapted from Wanjiru Helen Wairimu was used for the data
collection. The obtained data were analysed using descriptive statistics (means,
standard deviations, frequencies, and percentages). The study found that; majority of
the senior high school students in the LMKM of Ghana have high knowledge about
HIV/AIDS. It was again found out that HIV/AIDS knowledge they have does not
have much impact and influence on their sexual behaviour. Finally, it was revealed
that the students in the LMKM are not applying their knowledge in HIV/AIDS due to
certain inhibiting factors such as religion, limited recognition of personal risk of HIV
infection, difficulty in procuring condoms, and the pandemic being a curse from the
gods are the factors that inhibit the application of HIV/AIDS knowledge of the SHS
students in LMKM of the Eastern Region. Several recommendations were suggested
which include; the fact that the Ministry of Health in collaboration with important
educational agencies should intensify sex education to the students and the
community members in order to strengthen their awareness of HIV/AIDS.
Description:
A thesis in the Department of Social Studies Education,
Faculty of Social Sciences Education, submitted to the School of
Graduate Studies in partial fulfilment
of the requirements for the award of the degree of
Master of Philosophy
(Social Studies)
in the University of Education, Winneba
NOVEMBER, 2020
