Awareness of HIV/AIDS among Secondary Students

Dr. E. Ahamad, Dr. Zeba Aqil

Abstract: HIV is one of the most threatening diseases of the world. It has infected men, women and children also. The main purpose of the study is to measure the awareness of AIDS among secondary school children and to see the effect of HIV/AIDS module. Pre and posttest design of single group is applied in this research.200 students from four secondary school have been taken as sample. Purposive sampling technique was used for the selection of sample. Self developed tool for pre and post test was used for data collection. The result shows that the awareness level increased after implementation of module. It gives more correct and useful information to the students. So we can say that the module of HIV effect the knowledge of students.

Keywords: Awareness, HIV/AIDS, Secondary School Students