Having
critically investigated into knowledge and attitude of Health Information
Management Students towards HIV awareness amongst undergraduates of Houdegbe
North American University Cotonou, the following recommendations are made:
critically investigated into knowledge and attitude of Health Information
Management Students towards HIV awareness amongst undergraduates of Houdegbe
North American University Cotonou, the following recommendations are made:
·
there should be adequate
preventive education programmes to reach everyone-especially young people,
among whom about half of all new HIV infections are occurring.
there should be adequate
preventive education programmes to reach everyone-especially young people,
among whom about half of all new HIV infections are occurring.
·
HIV/AIDS preventive
education should be through all avenues of education (formal and non-formal),
through schools and through broader community channels with strong political
support. It should also match the various linguistic, social and cultural
realities of the groups being addressed.
HIV/AIDS preventive
education should be through all avenues of education (formal and non-formal),
through schools and through broader community channels with strong political
support. It should also match the various linguistic, social and cultural
realities of the groups being addressed.
·
Since people have different
frames of reference, preventive information cannot be of a one-size-fits-all
variety. It has to be customized for different audiences. Surveys and
assessment studies that reveal the local dynamics of the epidemic and that
identify local attitudes and needs make it possible to tailor prevention
messages effectively.
Since people have different
frames of reference, preventive information cannot be of a one-size-fits-all
variety. It has to be customized for different audiences. Surveys and
assessment studies that reveal the local dynamics of the epidemic and that
identify local attitudes and needs make it possible to tailor prevention
messages effectively.
·
Information campaigns and
skill-building are important elements of preventive education. The scope of the
epidemic means that such campaigns should involve the public and private
sectors, as well as non-governmental organizations, on a scale unparalleled in
the history of communication.
Information campaigns and
skill-building are important elements of preventive education. The scope of the
epidemic means that such campaigns should involve the public and private
sectors, as well as non-governmental organizations, on a scale unparalleled in
the history of communication.
·
Preventive education
therefore has to include teachers and others working in education, as well as
their families.
Preventive education
therefore has to include teachers and others working in education, as well as
their families.
