Influence of Radio Health Sensitisation Programme on HIV Stigmatisation among Residents of Owerri Me

It remnants an unarguable reality that people endure HIV massively come across stigmatisation, prejudice and bias which kills faster than the bacterium itself. Thus, the fear of stigmatisation will evidently force many HIV stigmatised sufferers to remain quiet than disclose their HIV status. The main objective of the study search out examine the influence of wireless health sensitisation programme on HIV stigmatisation with residents of Owerri downtown. The agenda scene and social learning believes served as the hypothetical underpinning for the study. Survey research design was secondhand. A sample size of 384 was derivative using the Wimmer and Dominick online sample content calculator from the society of 555,500. The multi-stage cluster random sampling, including purposive sipping techniques dressed as the sampling techniques accompanying questionnaire as the tool of data group. The techniques necessary Owerri metropolis being divided into three controllable clusters. Findings of the study showed that wireless health sensitisation programme on HIV stigmatisation has extended the knowledge of the accused on HIV stigmatisation to a high magnitude at a grand mean of 3.5(N=305). Also, at a grand mean of 3.4 (N=305), wireless health sensitisation programme on HIV stigmatisation has affected the behaviour of the respondents towards HIV stigmatised fatalities as it has induced helpful behavioural changes in them. It was concluded that if skilled are myriads of media programmes expressly designed for diminishing HIV stigmatisation and scheduled at intimate airtimes across different publishing organisations, it will lead to an increased publishing exposure as the news constitute an persuasive strategy for fighting HIV/AIDS-related stigma.

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