Knowledge and perception on HIV premarital counseling and testing among unmarried young people of Kintampo town in the republic of Ghana,

• ABSTRACT
  
• Chapter One
  
• INTRODUCTION
  
  • 1.1.1. MARRIAGE AND ITS REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH IMPLICATION
    
  • 1.1.2. SCOPE AND OBJECTIVES OF PREMARITAL SCREENING
    
  • 1.1.3. STUDY AREA
    
  • I.2. STATEMENT OF PROBLEM
    
  • I.4. RATIONALE OF THE STUDY
    
  • I.5. GOAL AND OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY
    
• Chapter Two
  
• LITTERATURE REVIEW
  
  • 2.1. PREMARITAL EXAMINATION IN GHANA AND IN KINTAMPO
    
  • 2.2. HIV-AIDS SITUATION IN WEST AFRICA AND GHANA
    
    • 4.1.2. 2.2.1. In West Africa
      
    • 4.1.3. 2.2.2. In Ghana
      
  • 2.3. HIV PREMARITAL COUNSELING AND TESTING (PCT)
    
    • 4.1.4. 2.3.1. DEFINITION
      
    • 4.1.5. 2.3.2. JUSTIFICATION OF PREMARITAL EXAMINATION
      
    • 4.1.6. 2.3.3. HIV PCT PACKAGE 10
      
  • 2.4. PROCUREMENT OF MATERIALS FOR VCT
    
  • 2.5. FACTORS INFLUENCING WILLINGNESS TO UNDERGO HIV PCT
    
  • 2.7. BARRIERS TO HIV VCT/PCT
    
  • 2.8. MARRIAGE BETWEEN HIV DISCORDANT OR HIV SEROPOSITIVE
    
  • COUPLES
    
• Chapter Three
  
• METHODOLOGY
  
  • 3.1. STUDY DESIGN AND STUDY POPULATION
    
  • 3.2. VARIABLES UNDER STUDY
    
  • 3.3. DATA COLLECTION TECHNIQUES AND TOOLS
    
    • 4.1.7. 3.3.1. Data collection techniques
      
    • 4.1.8. 3.3.2. Data Collection Tools
      
  • 3.4. SAMPLING
    
    • 4.1.9. 3.4.1. SAMPLE SIZE CALCULATION
      
    • 4.1.10. 3.4.2. SAMPLING METHOD
      
  • 3.5. DATA COLLECTION
    
  • 3.6. DATA PROCESSING AND ANALYSIS
    
    • 4.1.11. 3.6.1. QUALITATIVE DATA
      
    • 4.1.12. 3.6.2. QUANTITATIVE DATA
      
  • 3.7. SOME ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS
    
  • 3.8. LIMITATION OF THE STUDY
    
  • 3.9. RETROINFORMATION AND DISSEMINATION OF THE FINDINGS
    
• Chapter Four
  
• FINDINGS
  
  • 4.1. SOCIO-DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS OF RESPONDENTS
    
  • INVOLVED IN THE SURVEY
    
    • 4.1.13. DISTRIBUTION OF RESPONDENTS BY AGE AND SEX
      
    • 4.1.2. EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND OF RESPONDENTS
      
    • 4.1.3. RELIGION, ETHNIC GROUP AND OCCUPATION BACKGROUND
      
    • 4.3.2. 4.13.1. VIEWS ON FREQUENCY OF HIV TEST BEFORE MARRIAGE
      
    • 4.3.3. 4.13.3. VIEWS OF RESPONDENTS ON WHO THE HIV TEST RESULT SHOULD
      
• Chapter Five
  
• DISCUSSIONS
  
  • 5.4. FACTORS INFLUENCING WILLINGNESS TO UNDERGO HIV PCT
    
  • 5.5. PREFERENCE TO UNDERGO HIV VCT FOR MARITAL REASON OR NOT
    
  • 5.6. BARRIERS TO HIV PCT ACCEPTANCE AND IMPLEMENTATION
    
  • 5.7. KEY ISSUES FROM RESPONDENTS TOWARDS HIV PCT HEALTH PRACTICE
    
  • IN KINTAMPO DISTRICT
    
    • 5.7.1. VIEWS ON FREQUENCY OF HIV TEST BEFORE MARRIAGE
      
    • AMONG WOULD-BE COUPLES
      
    • 5.7.4. WAYS TO PROMOTE HIV PCT IN K'PO DISTRICT
      
    • 5.7.5. WAYS TO CREATE EASIER ACCESSIBILITY TO HIV PCT IN THE DISTRICT
      
    • 5.7.6. WAYS TO MAKE HIV PCT MORE EFFECTIVE, ACCEPTABLE AND
      
    • ATTRACTIVE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE IN K'PO DISTRICT
      
    • 5.7.7. HEALTH FACILITIES WHERE HIV PCT CENTRE SHOULD
      
    • BE ESTABLISHED IN KINTAMPO DISTRICT
      
• Chapter Six
  
• CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS
  
• Contact address: [e-mail]
  
  • 73 Recommended Ethical Principles Regarding the Use of Assisted Reproduction in HIV Infected Individuals, available at http://www.27802211.com ice/program /program8. htm#appe1 , accessed on June 15th 2005ANNEX 1. QUESTIONNAIRE FOR THE SURVEY
    
  • 3. PREMARITAL SEX HISTORY AND STI-HIV/AIDS RISK FACTORS
    
    • 4.3.4. 4.3.5. 4. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE (AWARENESS) ON STI, HIV/AIDS, VCT AND PCT
      
• ANNEX 4. DESCRIPTION OF VARIABLES UNDER STUDY (Source: The researcher).