Research Article, J Womens Health Issues Care Vol: 2 Issue: 3
Predictors and Reproductive Health Implications of Knowledge of HIV/AIDS among Female Out-of-School Adolescents in Iwaya Community, Lagos State
| Kunnuji, Michael O. N.1* and Esiet, Uwemedimo2 | |
| 1Department of Sociology, University of Lagos, Akoka–Yaba, Lagos, Nigeria | |
| 2Action Health Incorporated, Lagos, Nigeria | |
| Corresponding author : Kunnuji Michael ON Department of Sociology, University of Lagos, Akoka–Yaba, Lagos, Nigeria E-mail: mkunnuji@unilag.edu.ng |
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| Received: December 06, 2012 Accepted: May 25, 2013 Published: June 01, 2013 | |
| Citation: Kunnuji Michael ON, Uwemedimo E (2013) Predictors and Reproductive Health Implications of Knowledge of HIV/AIDS among Female Out-of-School Adolescents in Iwaya Community, Lagos State. J Womens Health, Issues Care 2:3. doi:10.4172/2325-9795.1000109 |
Abstract
Predictors and Reproductive Health Implications of Knowledge of HIV/AIDS among Female Out-of-School Adolescents in Iwaya Community, Lagos State
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) remains a major threat to the reproductive wellbeing of millions of young people in sub-Saharan Africa. Yet, some of the intervention programmes aimed at increasing knowledge about HIV fail to reach out-of-school adolescents. This study sought answers to questions on the level of knowledge about modes of HIV transmission and misconceptions about HIV; predictors of knowledge of HIV; and the relationship between knowledge of HIV and sexual behaviour among out-of-school adolescents (ages 10 to 19), in a slum in the city of Lagos.
