Capstone Project on Educating Nigerian Female High School Students on HIV Transmission and Prevention. A pretest and posttest were used to measure the scores before and after educating the students. On average, students received higher scores on their posttests, after receiving my educational presentation and material.
Educating Nigerian Female High School Students Increases Their Knowledge and Awareness of HIV
1. N409: CAPSTONE
PHILLIPS SCHOOL OF NURSING
Educating Nigerian
Female High School
Students Increases
Their Knowledge and
Awareness of HIV
Kosoluchi V. Ibe
2. Introduction
NIGERIA HAS #2 HIV RATE
(WHO, 2019)
• Nurses can educate on HIV prevention
• Girls age 15+ at high risk
• Sex workers at high risk
• Prevention education is effective (Kisling & Das, 2019)
• Empower at-risk population
3. PICO
WILL TEACHING AN HIV AWARENESS
PROGRAM INCREASE THE KNOWLEDGE
OF NIGERIAN HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS ON
THE TRANSMISSION AND PREVENTION
OF HIV AS MEASURED BY SCORES ON A
PRETEST/POSTTEST?
4. In Nigeria four in five new
infections are among girls
aged 15–19 years.
(UNAIDS, 2019)
Literature Review
5. Pros:
Increased number of
testing sites
(Sunday et al, 2019)
NO centralized STD
course for high school
students
Cons:
More contraceptives
available
STIGMA
NO HIV
EDUCATION
Literature Review
14. References
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2019, September 4). HIV. Retrieved October 3, 2019, from
https://www.cdc.gov/hiv/testing/index.html.
Kisling LA, M Das J. Prevention Strategies. [Updated 2019 Jan 31]. In: StatPearls [Internet].Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2019 Jan-. Available
from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK537222/
Sunday, O. (2019, July 16). How Nigeria Is Winning the Battle Against HIV. Retrieved from https://www.ozy.com/acumen/how-nigeria-is-
winning-the-battle-against-hiv/95542
UNAIDS. (June 2018). Country Progress Report – Nigeria. Retrieved
from https://www.unaids.org/sites/default/files/country/documents/NGA_2018_countryreport.pdf
UNAIDS. (2019, March 14). New survey results indicate that Nigeria has an HIV prevalence of 1.4%. Retrieved from https://bit.ly/2k2auTy.
World Health Organization. Nigeria HIV Country Profile 2016, May 2016. https://www.who.int/hiv/data/Country_profile_Nigeria.pdf?ua=1.