title: Effects of parental involvement in HIV/AIDS preventive education on secondary student knowledge about transmission and prevention in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria.
abstract: This study investigated HIV/AIDS preventive health education involving nurses alone (IG1) and another involving both nurses and trained parents/ guardians (IG2) on students' knowledge of HIV/AIDS' transmission and prevention in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. Subjects included 339 students selected through a multistage and stratified random sampling technique. A pre-test/post-test intervention design with control group was used. Data were obtained using questionnaire, and analysis involved the use of analysis of covariance, multiple classification analysis, and Scheffe's post-hoc test. Results show that students exposed to parental involvement had significantly better mean scores on knowledge of prevention (IG2: x=7.51; IG1: x=6.96 control: x=3.82). Furthermore, although the male students had significantly higher mean score with intervention involving only nurses, the females had higher mean score with intervention involving parents/guardians. It is recommended that parents/guardians should be trained and involved in HIV/AIDS' preventive education of secondary school students.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing Science, College of Medical Sciences, University of Calabar, Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria. idongawa@yahoo.com
authors.forename: I I
authors.initials: II
authors.lastname: Akpabio
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Asuzu
authors.forename: B R
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Fajemilehin
authors.forename: Bola
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ofi