Open AccessBehavioral Response to HIV/AIDS Prevention Messages Among Students in Selected Universities of Amhara Region, Northwest Ethiopia: An Extended Parallel Process Model
Author(s) -
Abebe Dilie Afenigus,
Henok Mulugeta,
Binalfew Tsehay,
Mihretie Gedfew,
Temesgen Ayenew,
Asmamaw Getnet
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
hiv/aids
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1179-1373
DOI - 10.2147/hiv.s288297
Subject(s) - logistic regression , pandemic , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , demography , medicine , intervention (counseling) , stratified sampling , psychology , environmental health , clinical psychology , immunology , covid-19 , psychiatry , pathology , disease , sociology , infectious disease (medical specialty)
HIV/AIDS is a global pandemic. Sub-Saharan Africa accounts for two-thirds of the newly HIV-infected cases in the world. Similarly, the prevalence of HIV infections among Ethiopian university students has also increased as HIV prevention was not sufficiently prioritized. In order to decrease the surge of the HIV pandemic, prevention messages that encourage individuals to reduce sexual and risk behaviors still remain a key intervention strategy. Besides this, the behavioral response to HIV prevention messages among Ethiopian universities is not well studied.