Comparison of perception of HIV/AIDS Risk and sexual Risk Behaviours Among Youths with and without Disabilities in Oyo State, Nigeria

ABSTRACT

The study investigated the perception of HIV/AIDS risk and sexual risk behaviours among youths with disabilities (WD) in comparison with youths without disabilities (comparison group)' The study adopted a cross-sectional survey with 362 participants comprising 181 WD with visual impaired 29(161o), physically challenged 40 (22.1Vo) and hearing impaired 112 (61'9Va) and comparison group (N = 181). A 9-item structured questionnaire was used for data collection' The instrument was revalidated and found to be highly reliable and valid for the study Kruskal Wallis test for differences was used to determine the differences in perception of HIV/AIDS risk and sexual risk behaviours among the two groups as well as t-test' The results showed that there was a significant difference in perception of HIV/AIDS risk between WD and the comparison group tx, = (t) = 27.79, p < 0.01)l as well as a significant difference in sexual risk behaviours among the  two groups[X,=(1)=23.117,p