Abstract
Voluntary Consulting and Testing (VCT) is one of the important strategies planned and implemented to fight against the spread of HIV. Objectives: To assess the existing knowledge, attitude and utilization of VCTC services among the college students. Methodology: Quasi experimental study was conducted among 400 college students (200 in experimental and 200 in control group) from the selected colleges of Pondicherry. Pretest was given to both the groups and Video teaching was shown only to the experimental group students. Posttest was conducted after 8 days of pretest and at 1 month and at 3 month to assess the utilization of VTC. Result and findings: The distribution of the demographic characteristics of college students shows that 58% and 53.5% of the students were in the age group of 19 to 20 years in the experimental and control group respectively. The mean pretest knowledge score of the college students was 19.6 ± 5.17 and 20.75 ± 6.47 whereas the posttest mean knowledge score is 29.44 ± 4.36 and 12.96 ± 8.56 in the experimental and Control group respectively. The pretest attitude score was 36.77 ± 6.01 and 39.78 ± 5.66 whereas the posttest mean attitude score is 45.93 ± 6.32 and 36.6 ± 5.43 in the experimental and control group respectively. Conclusion: Video teaching on VCTC has the impact on improvement in the knowledge, attitude and utilization of the VCT services.
Highlights
Video teaching on Voluntary Counseling Testing Center (VCTC) has the impact on improvement in the knowledge, attitude and utilization of the Voluntary Consulting and Testing (VCT) services
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), is posing itself to be one of the most serious challenges to the global public health which is caused by Human Immune Deficiency Virus (HIV)
True-Experimental research design-pre and posttest with control group design was adopted to assess the effectiveness of intervention towards knowledge and attitude and utilization of VCTC services among the college students
Summary
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), is posing itself to be one of the most serious challenges to the global public health which is caused by Human Immune Deficiency Virus (HIV). Around 36.9 million people were living with HIV, with a global HIV prevalence of 0.8%, towards the end of 2014 as per WHO global HIV statistics. There were around 2 million new HIV cases detected, out of which over 220,000 were children less than 15 years of age [1,2]. According to Government of India data highlights that 3.5% of all infections occur among children aged less than 15 years, whereas 83% occur in the age group of 15-49 years [3]. Psychological and cognitive changes put the young generation to vulnerable. It is again, the age of impulsivity which is always accompanied by vulnerability. Peer pressure and media influence the changes in perception and practice of risk behaviors and acquisition of new emotional, cognitive and social skills [4]
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