Knowledge, Attitude, and Preventive Practices among Prison Inmates in Ogbomoso Prison at Oyo State, South West Nigeria

Table 2

Knowledge of HIV/AIDS by respondents.

Questions	Frequency of “Yes answers”	%
Have you ever received information on HIV/AIDS?	158	94.6
What do you think causes HIV/AIDS?
Virus	118	70.7
Punishment from God	41	25.0
Is HIV transmissible?	133	80
Can HIV/AIDS be cured?	60	35.9
Can healthy-looking person have HIV?	159	90.2
Will a condom protect from pregnancy and HIV?	119	71.3
Will a condom protect from pregnancy but not HIV?	53	31.7
*Mode of transmission of HIV mode
Hugging or shaking of hands	74	44.3
Having sexual intercourse without a condom	68	40.7
Sharing a meal with an infected person	118	70.7
Mosquito bites	98	58.7
A mother infected with HIV to unborn baby	34	20.4
Kissing someone infected with HIV	120	71.9
Do you know that you can be infected with HIV/AIDS during injection?	165	90.8
Spiritual/witchcraft	35	21.0
Using surgical needles containing infected blood	139	83.2
Using of unsterilized sharps (clippers and blades)	36	21.6
Risk of HIV infection can be reduced by having one faithful partner	53	31.7

*Multiple answers.