Thesis (M.ED.) --University of Limpopo, 2008. / The purpose of this study was to investigate if there is any change in the HIV/AIDS
knowledge, attitude, and behaviour of the South African Police Service’s (SAPS)
employees after attending the HIV/AIDS intervention programme. One hundred and
eight employees who attended the HIV/AIDS awareness workshop participated as
experimental group (n=51) while those who attended the suicide prevention and
disability workshop participated as control group (n=57). Pre-tests were administered
before the workshops to all participants while the post-tests were administered after
the workshops. The results were analysed using 2(Group: Experimental versus
Control Group) x 2(Time: Pre-test versus Post-test, a repeated measure) Analyses of
Variances (ANOVA).
The research findings showed that there was a significant change in HIV/AIDS
knowledge after employees have attended the HIV/AIDS awareness workshop.
Results also indicated that there was a significant mean score difference in HIV/AIDS
knowledge among the rank groups (Administration, Junior, and senior) with
administration and junior employees having more HIV/AIDS knowledge than senior
employees. There was also a significant mean score difference in HIV/AIDS attitude
among ranks with employees in the senior ranks having less positive attitudes than the
employees in the administration and junior ranks. There was a significant interaction
between the ranks and the time of testing because those in higher ranks had higher
gains in knowledge than those in lower ranks.
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In terms of HIV/AIDS knowledge among age groups, the study revealed that there was
a significant main effect of age group (22-33, 34-43, 44 and over years) with older
people having less HIV/AIDS knowledge than younger employees. There was also a
significant main effect of age group and attitude, with employees of 44 years and over
having less favourable HIV/AIDS attitudes than employees in the 22-33 and 34-43
years groups.
The study also suggested that further study should look in the problems encountered
at implementing the HIV/AIDS intervention programmes and also at what is causing
the gap in HIV/AIDS knowledge and attitude among age and rank groups.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:ul/oai:ulspace.ul.ac.za:10386/118 |
| Date | January 2008 |
| Creators | Maphoso, Lesiba Samuel |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
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