Attitudinal Survey On High Risk Sexual Behavior (intervention Strategy) Relevant To Hiviaids With Respect To Gender Age And Educational Level The Case Of Bahir Dar University Students

The purpose of this study was to examine the attitude of Bahir Dar Universityrnstudents towards HIV/AIDS intervention strategy, in abstinence, condom use andrnfaithfulness. 450 students constituted the sample from randomly chosenrndepartments. A questionnaire was used to gather data and a univariate analysis ofrnvariance was employed.rnGender differences are found to be significant in attitude towards abstinencern(females score higher than males). But there is no age and educational levelrndifferences observed. With regard to condom use first, second, third and fourth yearrnstudents were found to be different regardless of their age and gender. In this studyrnwhere faithfulness was treated as a dependant variable, age and educational levelrndifferences were found to be statistically significant. Which means faithfulness, asrnHIV/AIDS intervention strategy seems to be a likely method for young adults andrnsenior students. In addition to these, all-possible first order interactions between age,rngender and educational level were found to be significant.rnEventually, policy makers and different organizations working on HIV/AIDS need tornteach abstinence as a realistic and feasible intervention strategy. In addition, socialrnmarketing agencies and concerned line ministries need to clear out all the suspicionsrnindividuals have and give the reality of condom use (both the drawback andrnadvantages).

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