Knowledge and attitude of the military personnel towards HIV/AIDS

A study was made to describe the knowledge and attitude towardsHIV/VCT of cadets at the Major General Haylom Araya Military Academy. It was made to see the effects of cadets'' residence, marital status and education level on cadets'' knowledge and attitudes towards HIV/VCT.To attain this a sample was randomly selected from apopulation of 595 cadets and all the available female cadets''(16) .Analysis of the qualitative and quantitative data indicated that the majority of cadets have knowledge of HIV/VCT and shown favorable attitude towardsHIV/VCT but with some reluctance to get it.Moreover cadets didn''t show significant knowledge differences on HIV/VCT across residence and education levels but marital status.Nosignificant attitude difference was observed towards HIV/VCT across marital status and education levels except residence where urban raised cadets were seen with more favorable attitudes than rural raised cadets.Knowledge aboutHIV/VCT has not seen significantly correlated with attitude toward HIV/VCT.It was concluded that cadets had good knowledge and attitude towards HIV/VCT despite some reluctance to test their anti bodies against HIV

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Mr Mulugeta dagnew is currently a professional counselor and lecturer in acollege in Addis Ababa.He has got MA degree in counseling psychology and worked with it for years. He has been servingasteacher ,trainningexpert ,educator,counselor,researcher and program ordinator to international NGOs.