Effect of Client Centred Counselling On Commercial Sex Workers’ Knowledge of HIV/AIDS in Numan Local Government Area of Adamawa State, Nigeria

Abstract

The study investigated the effect of Client –Centred Counselling on Commercial Sex Workers knowledge of HIV/AIDS in Numan Local Government Area of Adamawa State, Nigeria. The objectives of the study were to determine the CSWs during the pre-test, and the effect of the client centred counselling on their knowledge of the infection. One research question was answered, and a hypothesis was tested in the study. A quasi-experimental design was adopted. Purposeful sampling was carried out with all four brothels in Numan Local Government Area. Twenty (20) CSWs volunteered for the study. There was no control group due to the number and willingness to participate in the study. The hypothesis was tested using t-test at 0.05 level of significance. The findings revealed that the CSWs had good knowledge of HIV/AIDS at post-test as opposed to the pre-test. It also showed a significant difference in the mean knowledge scores of CSWs from 4.40-5.35 (P=0.0001). This shows that client centred counselling has significant effect on the knowledge of CSWs of HIV/AIDS.

Keywords: Effect, Client-Centered Counselling, Commercial Sex Workers (CSWs), Knowledge, HIV/AIDS.