Download agena8/5/2023 Despite this alarming figure, AIDS is still blighting the lives of another 16,000 people worldwide everyday out of which 50% of them are among young aged 15–24 years. Over 90% of infections in children resulted from mother to child while women contribute for 55% of all HIV–positive adults. In sub-Saharan African countries more than 80% of the mode of transmission of HIV/AIDS is heterosexual intercourse. The routes of transmission of HIV are the same around the world but differing patterns of human behaviour causes the HIV virus to transmit more in certain social networks. Sub-Saharan Africa remains most severely affected with nearly 1 in every 20 adults (4.9%) living with HIV and accounting for 69% of the people living with HIV worldwide. An estimated 0.8% of adults aged 15–49 years worldwide are living with HIV. Globally 34.0 million people were living with HIV at the end of 2011. While much of the news on AIDS is encouraging, challenges remain. Information Education and Communication (IEC) on reducing number of sexual partners along with condom use promotion targeting in-school adolescents should be the primary strategy of HIV/AIDS prevention process.Īlthough AIDS remains one of the world’s most serious health challenges, global solidarity in the AIDS response during the past decade continues to generate extraordinary health gains. Intention to use condom in the next sexual intercourse is very low. On multivariate analysis those students who have high perceived susceptibility (AOR = 1.94 (1.16-3.2)) and high self-efficacy (AOR = 27 (14.4-54.2)) were more likely to have intention to use condom than others. About 300(67.7%) of the respondents have no intention to use condom in the next sexual encounter. And 45(37%) never used condom, 12(9.8%) used condom sometimes and 65(53.2%) used condom every time during sex. Of whom the majority 86(70.5%) had two or more sexual partners. Out of 450 respondents 122(27.1%) had history of sexual intercourse. Bivariate and multivariate analysis was done to measure the association between different variables. Analyses of frequencies and summary measures like mean and Standard Deviation of selected variables were done. Then systematic random sampling was used to select students in each section. A two stage sampling was applied by stratifying students in to (grade 11 and 12) with each grade having four section (A, B, C, D). Institution based cross-sectional study was conducted. Agena is an urban area in south Ethiopia. The aim of this study was therefore to assess intention to use condom among students in Agena preparatory school, Guraghe zone, Ethiopia. The rate of HIV infection would undoubtedly be lowered if safe sexual practices such as correct and consistent use of condoms had been followed. HIV/AIDS is affecting the majority of the population, particularly the productive age group between 15–49 years resulting in social and economic crisis.
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