Voluntary counseling and testing (VCT) for HIV/AIDS: A study of the knowledge, awareness and willingness to pay for VCT among students in tertiary institutions in Enugu State Nigeria

Benjamin Uzochukwu, Nkolika Uguru, Uche Ezeoke, Obinna Onwujekwe and Tochi Sibeudu

Health Policy, 2011, vol. 99, issue 3, 277-284

Abstract: Objective To examine the level of awareness of youths to voluntary counseling and testing and willingness to pay for this service, and to explore reasons for underutilization of this service.Methods A cross sectional study was carried out among undergraduate students of two tertiary institutions in Enugu Nigeria using pre-tested interviewer administered questionnaire. Information was collected from 250 respondents per institution. Analysis was done using SPSS computer software package.Results Most of the respondents (64%) have heard about VCT and 70.6% of the students obtained their information from the mass media (PÂ

Keywords: Awareness; Voluntary; counseling; and; testing; Willingness; to; pay; Nigeria (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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