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Article: Nigerian students underestimate their HIV risk.(Brief article)
- Article from:
- International Family Planning Perspectives
- Article date:
- September 1, 2007
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Undergraduates in Nigeria do not accurately perceive their true risk of acquiring HIV, according to a study of students of two colleges in the southwest of the country. (1) Of the 405 male and female undergraduates who completed a questionnaire that asked about the students' sexual history, STI history and perceived level of HIV risk, 85% believed themselves to be at little or no risk of acquiring HIV, and only 15% believed that they were at moderate or high risk of infection. However, according to a scale based on students' number of lifetime partners and histories of unprotected sex and STI symptoms, researchers estimated that 77% of the students were at high risk of ...