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Knowledge, Attitude and Practice towards AIDS among civil servants in Nigeria

Department of Community Health, Uniben

O. Ogbeide

Department of Community Health, Uniben

A. Nwulia

Faculty of Medicine, University of Benin

A study about knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) towards AIDS was carried out amongst 340 randomly selected workers in Benin City in Nigeria using self-administered questionnaires.

Three hundred and thirty (97.1%) of the workers were aware of the existence of AIDS but only 50 (14.7%) had the correct knowledge of the aetiology of AIDS, and of these 29 (8.5%) had tertiary education. Generally there was a good knowledge of the different routes of transmission except for the erroneous belief by a high number, 125 (36.8%) and 129 (37.9%) that it could be transmitted through sharing of utensils and casual kissing respectively.

The attitude to AIDS sufferers is poor and 156 (45.9%) actually think they should be ostracized.

Twenty-one (6.2%) of the respondents still keep multiple sexual partners while 142 (41.8%) would willingly use the condom for safer sex.

There is therefore the need for an intensive and effective health education campaign to combat this deadly disease in the country.

The Journal of the Royal Society for the Promotion of Health, Vol. 115, No. 1, 19-22 (1995)
DOI: 10.1177/146642409511500107


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