Knowledge On HIV Among Adolescents in A Health Camp: Does It Matter?

Muhammad Firdaus Ujang: Knowledge On HIV Among Adolescents in A Health Camp: Does It Matter?. 2019, (Type: POSTER PRESENTATION; Organisation: District Health Office of Jelebu, Negeri Sembilan).

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Adolescents are among the risk populations for HIV transmission and infection. Enhancing knowledge on HIV through health promotion could prevent them from HIV transmission and infection. Studies have shown health promotion and intervention improve their knowledge on HIV eventually change their behaviour. This study aims to assess the knowledge on HIV among adolescents at college after intervention and their behaviour towards HIV screening test. METHODS: A 3-days camp was conducted in December 2018 involving 29 male adolescents whose age 18 years old from a college at Jelebu. An intervention package consisted of talk and group activities on HIV was developed and applied throughout the camp. A self-administered questionnaire consisting questions about HIV was given to the participants at pre and post interventions. RESULTS: There were 20.7%, 31.0%, 24.1% and 24.2% of the participants who had monthly parent’s income of <RM1000, RM1001-2000, RM2001-RM3000 and >RM3001 respectively. There was significant difference in mean score at pre-intervention based on monthly parent’s income with the p-value of 0.010. The mean score at pre and post interventions were 33.79 (±25.13) and 85.52 (±15.02) accordingly which showed significant increment at post intervention with the p-value of 0.000. All (100%) participants had been tested voluntarily for HIV at the end of the camp and all results were negative. DISCUSSION: Thus, health promotion improves the knowledge on HIV among adolescents and encourages them to perform HIV screening test voluntarily.

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    @proceedings{APCPH-2019-202,
    title = {Knowledge On HIV Among Adolescents in A Health Camp: Does It Matter?},
    author = {Muhammad Firdaus Ujang},
    year  = {2019},
    date = {2019-07-22},
    urldate = {2019-07-22},
    journal = {6th Asia-Pacific Conference on Public Health 2019 Proceedings},
    issue = {6},
    abstract = {INTRODUCTION: Adolescents are among the risk populations for HIV transmission and infection. Enhancing knowledge on HIV through health promotion could prevent them from HIV transmission and infection. Studies have shown health promotion and intervention improve their knowledge on HIV eventually change their behaviour. This study aims to assess the knowledge on HIV among adolescents at college after intervention and their behaviour towards HIV screening test. METHODS: A 3-days camp was conducted in December 2018 involving 29 male adolescents whose age 18 years old from a college at Jelebu. An intervention package consisted of talk and group activities on HIV was developed and applied throughout the camp. A self-administered questionnaire consisting questions about HIV was given to the participants at pre and post interventions. RESULTS: There were 20.7%, 31.0%, 24.1% and 24.2% of the participants who had monthly parent’s income of \<RM1000, RM1001-2000, RM2001-RM3000 and \>RM3001 respectively. There was significant difference in mean score at pre-intervention based on monthly parent’s income with the p-value of 0.010. The mean score at pre and post interventions were 33.79 (±25.13) and 85.52 (±15.02) accordingly which showed significant increment at post intervention with the p-value of 0.000. All (100%) participants had been tested voluntarily for HIV at the end of the camp and all results were negative. DISCUSSION: Thus, health promotion improves the knowledge on HIV among adolescents and encourages them to perform HIV screening test voluntarily.},
    note = {Type: POSTER PRESENTATION; Organisation: District Health Office of Jelebu, Negeri Sembilan},
    keywords = {Adolescents, HIV, intervention, Knowledge},
    pubstate = {published},
    tppubtype = {proceedings}
    }