Abstract:
The study was to evaluate the perception of freshman students at Kimathi University College of Technology
towards HIV/AIDS, sexual behaviours and drug use. A cross sectional study with a probability, two stage
sampling method was used.115 participated, 21.7% were female. Knowledge of HIV/AIDS was high, although
behaviour did not reflect such. The number of participants that have engaged in sex is 57.9%, 65.1% of males.
45.5% state they do not use condoms. 48.3% having never been tested for HIV. Of these, 41.1% feel they have
never been exposed to the virus. Participants who reported having consumed alcohol and other drugs were
27.2%, and 7.5% felt the use of drugs or alcohol increased the risk of sexually transmitted disease. Consumption
of alcohol was significantly associated to having engaged in sex (p=0.003) and non use of condoms (p=0.015).
Results show need for further intervention to change the attitude of the students.
