Perception of high school students on risk for acquiring HIV and utilization of voluntary counseling and testing (VCT) service for HIV in Debre-berhan Town, Ethiopia: a quantitative cross-sectional study.
Perception of high school students on risk for acquiring HIV and utilization of voluntary counseling and testing (VCT) service for HIV in Debre-berhan Town, Ethiopia: a quantitative cross-sectional study.
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DOI：
10.1186/1756-0500-7-518
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发表时间：
2014-08-12
影响因子：
1.8
通讯作者：
Woldeyohannes, Desalegn
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作者：
Sisay, Solomon;Erku, Woldaregay;Woldeyohannes, Desalegn
背景：人体免疫缺陷病毒（HIV）在青年中的流行在很大程度上被忽视，年轻人自己和整个社会都不知道。因此，本研究的目的是评估埃塞俄比亚阿姆哈拉地区州Debre-berhan镇的高中生对艾滋病毒风险的认知程度以及自愿咨询和检测（VCT）服务的利用情况。方法：2010年11月至2011年1月，对德布尔-伯尔汉镇中学生进行横断面研究。知觉风险和VCT使用被认为是因变量。采用分层随机抽样的方法，以学校为分层招募研究对象。采用半结构化自填问卷收集必要数据。数据输入和分析使用SPSS 17.0版本。假定值
BACKGROUND: Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) epidemic among youth is largely ignored and remains invisible to both young people themselves and to the society as a whole. Thus, the aim of the study was to assess the extent of perception risk of HIV and utilization of voluntary counseling and testing (VCT) service among high school students at Debre-berhan Town, Amhara Regional State, Ethiopia.METHODS: A cross-sectional study was carried out from November 2010 up to January 2011 among secondary school students at Debre-berhan Town. Perception risk and VCT use were considered as dependant variables. A stratified random sampling technique was used to recruit study participants by taking schools as strata. Semi-structured self-administered questionnaire was used to collect the necessary data. Data was entered and analyzed using SPSS version 17.0. P-value