HIVAIDS Related Knowledge Attitude Risk Perception And Sexual Behavior Among College Students

This study determined the HIVAIDS related knowledge attitude towards person living with HIVAIDS risk perception and sexual behavior among college students. There are three designs involved in this study. A descriptive research design which described the demographic profile related knowledge of HIVAIDS attitude towards person living with HIVAIDS risks perception and sexual behavior. A correlational design was also utilized to determine the relationship between knowledge to their attitude. Developmental design was used for the development of HIVAIDS awareness and prevention program. Findings of the study revealed that HIVAIDS knowledge in mode of transmission obtained a percentage of 57.75 with moderate level of knowledge while prevention garnered a percent rating of 47.18 with fair level of knowledge. In terms of attitude of students data revealed a grand mean of 3.33 with fair level of avoidance while empathy obtained an overall mean of 4.65 with high level of empathy. In addition there was significant relationship between the knowledge of mode of transmission to empathetic attitude while knowledge of prevention to empathetic attitude knowledge of prevention to avoidance and knowledge of mode of transmission to avoidance showed no significant relationship. In the level of students risk perception of contracting HIVAIDS data revealed 0.63 showed a high perceived risk while low perceived risk consist of 42.09 and no risk comprised of 50.00. In the level of students sexual risk behavior results demonstrated 2.22 of students are considered to have high risk level of behavior while 7.59 had moderate risk and 37.97 had low risk. Thus based on its significant findings HIVAIDS program was developed.