Knowledge And Attitude Of Students Tow Ards Hiv/ Aids Voluntary Counseling Test (Vct); A Case Study Of Federal University Oye Ekiti, Undergraduate Students.

ABSTRACT

This study assessed the knowledge and attitude of students at Federal University of Oye Ekiti

towards HIV/AIDS Voluntary Counselling and Test (VCT) in the campus: determine the

knowledge of voluntary pre - test counselling for HIV among undergraduates students at

FUOYE, examine respondents status of HIV/AIDS, determine their level of participation in pretest

counselling, and ascertain their attitude towards VCT. A presented questionnaire was

administered on a cross-section of 200 students in the various departments in the faculties in

Federal University of Oye Ekiti. Information about knowledge of HIV/AIDS and attitudes

towards VCT was drawn out among the respondents. Findings reveal that 28.0% of the

respondents got to know about HIV/AIDS through friends, most of the respondents 95.0% said

yes, they know ways through which people can contact HIV/AIDS while only 21.0% said it is

mainly through mother to child transmission, 53.0% of the respondents said yes, they have ever

gone for HIV/AIDS test, 45.0% of the respondents said no. 64.0% said no, they have never gone

~ for voluntary and counselling test (VCT), The study concluded that that the students of Federal

University Oye-Ekiti demonstrated a positive attitude towards HIV/AIDS voluntary counselling

and test (VCT) because it enables them to know their HIV/AIDS status, it also curtail to the

barest minimum the spread of venereal diseases which is rampant among students in tertiary

institutions but the major challenge is that they did not know places where the test can be conducted.

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