Overview
HIV/AIDS education is the structured provision of accurate information, skills, and resources that enable individuals and communities to understand, prevent, and respond to infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). As a core component of public health, it seeks to raise awareness of how HIV is transmitted, to correct misconceptions, to promote protective behaviours such as condom use and voluntary counselling and testing, and to reduce the stigma that can deter people from seeking care. Programmes are tailored to specific audiences, including adolescents and secondary or tertiary students, women, mobile and occupational groups such as long-distance drivers, sex workers, and people already living with HIV. The field draws on behavioural theory, knowledge-attitudes-practices (KAP) frameworks, and community engagement, and it intersects with antiretroviral therapy adherence, status disclosure, premarital counselling, and care for affected orphans. Effectiveness is shaped by sociocultural context, gender norms, and access to health services, so research often evaluates how educational interventions translate into measurable changes in attitudes and risk behaviour. The journal publishes peer-reviewed studies examining HIV/AIDS knowledge and attitudes across diverse populations and settings, alternative delivery channels such as sport-based prevention, condom-use determinants, and the broader theoretical foundations of working with people living with HIV and AIDS.
Research published in this journal
12 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.
Relationship Between Awareness of HIV/AIDS and Attitudes of Secondary School Students to Premarital HIV Counseling and Testing in Zaria, Northern Nigeria
Sport Activities as a Vehicle for HIV/ AIDS Prevention in Trinidad and Tobago: Organizer’s Perspectives
Sexual Risk Behaviors of Sex Workers for HIV / AIDS and STIs in the City of Bamako, Mali
Risk Factors of HIV among Voluntary Counseling and Testing Centers Clients, Elgenina Town, West Darfur, Sudan.
Knowledge, Perception And Practice Of Preventive Lifestyle Against HIV/AIDS Among Students Of A Tertiary Educational Institution In South Eastern Nigeria.
Determinants of Consistent Condom Use among HIV-Positive Women in Abia State, South-East Nigeria.
Review of Useful Theories for Working with People Who are Living with HIV and AIDS
Sociocultural Issues as Barriers to HIV-Infected Orphan Care in Southern Africa
Psychosocial Predictors of Sexual Abstinence among Senior Secondary School Students in an Urban Setting in the Southwest Region of Cameroon
Disability and Health Outcomes – From a Cohort of People on Long Term ART
How this research is being cited
The 12 articles above have been cited 41 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.
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2026 · Discover Public Health
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2026 · Open Journal of Epidemiology
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2026 · ASIDE Internal Medicine
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Laoungang Ange Maïn-Ndeiang et al. · 2025 · Journal of Sexual Medicine
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2025 · The Journal of Sexual Medicine
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2025 · International Journal of Health Promotion and Education
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2024 · Scientific Reports
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2024 · Scientific Reports
A sample of recent works citing this journal's research on Hiv/aids Education, linking to each citing work.