Behaviour change counselling and health promotion for youth living with HIV in Calabar, Nigeria (original) (raw)

The prevalence of HIV among youths in Nigeria is 4.1% and likely to increase unless youths adopt behaviours to reduce transmission. A cost-effective, health promotional behaviour change strategy is therefore important. Little is known about health promotional behaviour change among youths living with HIV (YLH) in Nigeria. The purpose of the study was to identify the health promotion activities adopted by YLH and to determine health promotional behaviour change after behaviour change counselling (BCC). Mixed method design was used, involving qualitative (focused group discussion, in-depth interview) and intervention (counselling and education to motivate behaviour change using pre-test/post-test design). Twenty three youth living with HIV were purposively selected after obtaining ethical permission and informed consent. Eight participants preferred to participate through e-mail and telephone. Qualitative data were transcribed and analysed thematically using NVivo 9.0 while quantitati...

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