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    Assessment of knowledge, attitude and practice towards hiv/aids prevention among secondary school students in Morogoro urban and peri-urban
    (Sokoine University of Agriculture, 2007) Julian, Annastazia
    The study was conducted to assess knowledge, attitudes and practice toward HIV/A1DS prevention among secondary school students in Morogoro Urban and Peri-Urban. Specially, the study was specifically aimed al determining whether the awareness and knowledge on the HIV/AIDS prevention have any influence in the attitude and risk behaviours that lead to transmission of HIV/AIDS: examining the relationship between the socio-economic and socio-cultural activities which lead to early engagement into sexual activities by the youth: determining factors which influence girls and boys to risk of HIV/AIDS infection and identifying appropriate education and information required among the youth in secondary schools so as to reduce the HIV/AIDS transmission. This study has been prompted by the fact that today's young people are the AIDS generation. They have never known a world without HIV. Millions already have died. Yet the HIV/AIDS pandemic among the youth remains largely invisible to adults and to young people themselves, this would have a wide range of negative impacts affecting demography. A cross-sectional survey using structured questionnaire was used in data collection. A total of 210 respondents were interviewed. In general, some students believe that they are invulnerable though most of them (73.8%) admitted to have had sexual intercourse without condoms in the first time they had it. Their responses were good but they have a problem in putting into practice what they know, such findings reflect the distorted sense of invulnerability to HIV/AIDS that many young people have. The present study could contribute to devising and implementing the planning of prevention strategies that focus on the youth. It shows that, only a combination of approaches can succeed in its reduction. There should be a collaboration amongst secondary schools, health organization, and educational specialists and health care providers.