ABSTRACT The study was aimed at establishing the factors that contribute to high prevalence of HIV/AIDS among the youth in Mbarara district. Across sectional study was used to establish the above factor using questionnaires, observation, personal interviews, and documentations. During the study, the findings were; most of the individuals 28 (50%) interviewed suggested that they would not die alone while students preferred joining NGO’s if tested positive. 28 (50%) of the individuals were in small scale businesses showing that they are of low economic status, and it is noted that cultural practices are more in people of low economic status. Many youth are involved in prostitution due to lack of jobs, sexual pleasure and lack of parental guidance, Moral decadence amongst the youth is rated at 95% due to prostitution, pornographic materials, abortions and poor dressing, Many youths take alcohols and other toxicants due to presence of many bars and pubs lack of strict laws and peer influence and Poverty was found to be a setback of many government and individual programs’, yet poverty and AIDS exhibit a reciprocal relationship.
GEORGE, G (2022). Assessment of Factors Contributing to High Prevalence of HIV/AIDS Amongst People of Reproductive Age in Kamukuzi Sub County Mbarara District.. Afribary. Retrieved from https://track.afribary.com/works/assessment-of-factors-contributing-to-high-prevalence-of-hiv-aids-amongst-people-of-reproductive-age-in-kamukuzi-sub-county-mbarara-district
GEORGE, GIZAMBA "Assessment of Factors Contributing to High Prevalence of HIV/AIDS Amongst People of Reproductive Age in Kamukuzi Sub County Mbarara District." Afribary. Afribary, 21 Aug. 2022, https://track.afribary.com/works/assessment-of-factors-contributing-to-high-prevalence-of-hiv-aids-amongst-people-of-reproductive-age-in-kamukuzi-sub-county-mbarara-district. Accessed 27 Nov. 2024.
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GEORGE, GIZAMBA . "Assessment of Factors Contributing to High Prevalence of HIV/AIDS Amongst People of Reproductive Age in Kamukuzi Sub County Mbarara District." Afribary (2022). Accessed November 27, 2024. https://track.afribary.com/works/assessment-of-factors-contributing-to-high-prevalence-of-hiv-aids-amongst-people-of-reproductive-age-in-kamukuzi-sub-county-mbarara-district