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[Knowledge, Attitudes And Practice Of The Pupils Of The High School Famolo Coulibaly Of Kolokani On The HIV And The
Introduction:
The epidemic of the AIDS is global. No country or territory is saved. Mali takes into account the preventive education in the AIDS in the sectorial programs of the Ministry of Education and the courses of study.
Objective:
to estimate the level of the Knowledge, Attitudes and Practice of the pupils regarding prevention of the HIV and the AIDS.
Methods:
it was about an exhaustive, quantitative and transverse survey led to the high school of Kolokani. The survey concerned 515 pupils questioned from 2 till 7 March 2007.
Results:
At the level of the knowledge the mode of transmission the most quoted by the pupils was the sexual intercourse with multiple partners (78.46 % for the boys and 71.22 % for the girls). Compared with the behavior, 62.89% of sexually active pupils used the condom in their last high-risk sexual intercourse. Only 25.05% of students reported having conducted a voluntary screening test. Attitudes of discrimination exist because 18.06 % of pupils have a feeling of fear towards the People Living with the HIV.
Conclusion:
These results show that there is a risk of transmission of the HIV and the AIDS in schools. This has to motivate the intensification of the activities of raising sensitization and prevention to improve the indicators of prevention of this pandemic.
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