HIV knowledge, risky behaviours and public health care services attendance among adolescents from the Grassroot soccer Zimbabwe programme.

ABSTRACT: Background:Interventions aimed at improving accessing of health care services, including HIV testing, remain a priority in global HIV eradication efforts. Grassroot Soccer Zimbabwe (GRSZ) is an adolescent health organisation that uses the popularity of soccer to promote healthy behaviours. We assessed HIV knowledge levels, risky behaviours and attitudes in school going adolescents and young adults who attended GRSZ programmes and determined if HIV knowledge levels were associated with increased levels of accessing of health care services by youths.

Methods:This was a cross-sectional study carried out on 450 participants aged 13-30 years who attended at least one of the three programmes offered by GRSZ. Self-administered and self-reporting questionnaires were used to co

SUBMITTER: Mzingwane ML 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7222321 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature