HIV/AIDS Awareness among pupils with Hearing Impairments in Kenya

This book is based on study of HIV and AIDS pandemic conducted among primary school adolescents with hearing impairment in central province of Kenya.The study in its general objective sought to establish the level of HIV and AIDS awareness among the pupils. The study design used was survey. A questionnaire consisting of 37 questions was used to solicit information required from the respondents. Data obtained was analysed using descriptive statistic.Frequency distribution tables,pie charts and bar graphs were used in the presentation of the results and percentages calculated to determine the level of awareness. Among findings, it was shocking to establish that 11.8% of pupils with hearing impairments did not know the disease by the name AIDS. compared to a similar study by Mando (2005), among hearing pupils, only 0.6% of them did not know that there exists a disease by the name AIDS. There is therefore , a significant difference in the level of HIV and AIDS awareness between the hearing and hearing impaired adolescents.

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Daniel Kimani Mwangi has lectured in education courses at University, tertiary and secondary school levels for over 5 years.He holds a Bed(hons) and MED from Kenyatta University.He is currently a high school teacher and also a part-time lecturer in Karatina University College and Kenya Institute of Special Education(KISE)