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Item Sociocultural and economic factors influencing the use of HIV/AIDS information by Women in Ugep, Cross River State, Nigeria(University Libraries of the University of Nebraska--Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA, 2014-07) Iwara, F. U.; Alonge, A. J.The sociocultural and economic factors affecting the utilization of HIV/AIDS among women in Ugep, Yakurr Local Government Area, Cross River State were empirically investigated. Systematic sampling technique was used to administer four hundred copies of structured questionnaire to adults with a mean age of 25.5 years in the four traditional council wards that make up Ugep. Stepwise regression generated two predictive models. The second being the full model being significantly (p<0.01) explained 80.5% in the variability of HIV/AIDS information use (R2 = 0.805) with marital status and occupation identified as the most significant socioeconomic variables The study also identified male preference, taboo on contraceptive use and polygamy (polygyny) as predominant cultural practices that hindered women’s use of HIV/AIDS information for healthy sexual behaviour as they may not be able to negotiate for protected sexual intercourse from their husbands/partners. The study suggested that women should be empowered to participate effectively in family planning decisionItem Assessment of factors affecting social media use for HIV and AIDS communication among undergraduate students in South-Western Nigeria(2017-06) Alonge, A. J.; Kiai, W.; Ndati, N.The study evaluated factors that affect use of social media for HIV and AIDS communication among federal university undergraduates in south western Nigeria. The cross-sectional research method was employed. Structured questionnaire copies were administered to 355 undergraduate students. Quantitative data gathered from the administered questionnaire were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. Result showed that blogs (41.1%), twitter (25.4%) and WhatsApp (17.7%) were the social media sites preferred by male and female respondents for sharing and accessing HIV and AIDS information. The use of these social media sites for HIV and AIDS information communication was influenced by privacy and neutrality. It also showed that majority of the undergraduates affirmed that HIV and AIDS information on social media platforms was very useful because it facilitated access to quality tips on HIV. A significant percentage of the respondents also affirmed that the use of social media was hugely affected by epileptic nature of power supply, poor network connectivity, ICT skills and cost of subscription. Stepwise multiple regression analysis identified ICT skill as the only environmental factor that had significant influence on social media use (F= 4.234, p<0.05) and was responsible for 33.9% of the variation in social media use for HIV information communication. The study suggested the campaign on prominent HIV/AIDS discussion sites and ICT skill acquisition to enable youth connect and effectively make use of social media for HIV information communication.Item Influence of access to HIV/AIDS information on the knowledge of federal university undergraduates in Nigeria(De Gruyter Saur, Berlin, 2018) Bankole, O. M.; Abioye, A.Information and knowledge are the foremost tools in fighting the scourge of HIV/AIDS. Previous studies have focused more on HIV/AIDS and Nigerian undergraduates’ attitudes, beliefs and protective practices than how information factors influence their knowledge of the pandemic. This study, therefore, investigated the influence of access to HIV/AIDS information on its knowledge among undergraduates of federal universities in Nigeria. The study adopted the descriptive survey research design, with a combination of the purposive, proportionate and stratified random sampling technique used to select 1,679 undergraduates from five universities across five geopolitical zones of Nigeria. Questionnaire was the instrument used for collecting data, which were analyzed using Pearson’s product moment correlation and multiple regression. The most accessible sources of HIV/AIDS information among undergraduates were television (94.5 %), radio (93.0 %) and the Internet/ICT centers (90.5 %). The types of HIV/AIDS information frequently assessed were information on how to refuse sex (Mean = 3.15), how to be faithful to one partner (Mean = 3.12), sharing of sharp objects (Mean = 3.12), blood transfusion (Mean = 3.11), unprotected sexual intercourse (Mean = 3.10) and how to use condoms correctly (Mean = 3.09). Access to HIV/AIDS information (r = 0.15) resulted in positive significant relationships with HIV/AIDS knowledge, thus access to HIV/AIDS information has a positive influence on the promotion of knowledge of HIV/AIDS among undergraduates. The level of study was also a predictor of HIV/AIDS knowledge, which was not the case for factors of age, discipline, gender, marital status, tribe and religion. The AIDS service organizations and program developers should come up with strategies that would strengthen and improve the content, accuracy and ease of understanding of HIV/AIDS information that students have access to in order to facilitate its use.