The Role Of Families And Communities In Hivaids Prevention And Control

HIV/AIDS has seriously affected the well-being of adolescents in Ethiopia and has posed seriousrnconcern for their parents. However, parental and community involvement in HIV prevention andrncontrol activities has been limited due to top-down approach adapted in the program. To assessrnthe role of families and communities in the prevention and control of HIV/AIDS amongrnadolescents. A cross sectional community based study was conducted in Jimma town fromrnJanuary to February 2004 using a mixture of quantitative and qualitative research methods.rnA total of 602 parents were randomly included in the study. Majority of parents agreed to mostrnof the questions used to assess the risk reduction potentials but only 121(48.4%) fathers andrn149(42.6%) mothers agreed with regard to the role of parents in the promotion of condoms usernamong sexuality active young adults. On the other hand the responses of the study subjectsrnwere below 50% for most of the vulnerability and impact reduction potential questions.rnEducation and family income were found to be determinant factors for the perceived risk,rnvulnerability and impact reduction potential (p

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