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Human Immunodeficiency Virus /Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (HIV/AIDS) has become increasingly public health problem worldwide. Particularly in developing countries' higher institutions like Ethiopia. The victims are youngsters; productive age of the population. The primary prevention and control of the spread of HIV/AIDS infection is through awareness and changing behavior remains at the highest priority. However few studies have been conducted among university students of Ethiopia on their self-efficacy of Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome prevention and control. Hence, this research is intended to investigate the Knowledge and self-efficacy of MaddaWalabu University undergraduate Students on HIV/AIDS. An institutional-based cross-sectional the study design was conducted among 605 under graduate students of MaddaWalabu University students were selected using random sampling and data were collected using by structured self-administered questionnaire. Descriptive independent sample t-test and ANOVA were computed to analyze the data
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Self-efficacy is an important determinant of health behavior, but little is known about how to measure self-efficacy for HIV disease management. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the psychometric properties of a new HIV Self-Efficacy (HIV-SE) questionnaire. The HIV-SE was developed with 34 items in six specific conceptual domains and 3 additional items assessing general management. The HIV-SE was administered to 153 HIV+ symptomatic adults receiving care in academic and community-based HIV practices. The six domains were managing mood, managing medications, managing symptoms, managing fatigue, communicating with the healthcare provider, and getting support. Internal consistency reliabilities for the six conceptual domains/subscales ranged from 0.88 to 0.97. Confirmatory factor analyses were run comparing the six-factor model, allowing the factors to be related, and a single-factor model. The results generally support the six-factor model. Based on this initial evaluation, we propose a 34-item HIV-SE with six subscales (available at http://www.ari.ucsd.edu/CFAR/Questionnaires.html) for use in evaluating interventions to improve patients' medication adherence and other disease self-management behaviors. Further psychometric evaluation should address consideration of additional domains and differentiation between the depression and the fatigue domains.
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