Abstract Information and knowledge are the foremost tools in fighting the scourge of HIV/AIDS. Previous studies have focused more on HIV/AIDS and Nigerian undergraduates’ attitudes, beliefs and protective practices than how information factors influence their knowledge of the pandemic. This study, therefore, investigated the influence of access to HIV/AIDS information on its knowledge among undergraduates of federal universities in Nigeria. The study adopted the descriptive survey research design, with a combination of the purposive, proportionate and stratified random sampling technique used to select 1,679 undergraduates from five universities across five geopolitical zones of Nigeria. Questionnaire was the instrument used for collecting data, which were analyzed using Pearson’s product moment correlation and multiple regression. The most accessible sources of HIV/AIDS information among undergraduates were television (94.5 %), radio (93.0 %) and the Internet/ICT centers (90.5 %). The types of HIV/AIDS information frequently assessed were information on how to refuse sex (Mean=3.15), how to be faithful to one partner (Mean=3.12), sharing of sharp objects (Mean=3.12), blood transfusion (Mean=3.11), unprotected sexual intercourse (Mean=3.10) and how to use condoms correctly (Mean=3.09). Access to HIV/AIDS information (r=0.15) resulted in positive significant relationships with HIV/AIDS knowledge, thus access to HIV/AIDS information has a positive influence on the promotion of knowledge of HIV/AIDS among undergraduates. The level of study was also a predictor of HIV/AIDS knowledge, which was not the case for factors of age, discipline, gender, marital status, tribe and religion. The AIDS service organizations and program developers should come up with strategies that would strengthen and improve the content, accuracy and ease of understanding of HIV/AIDS information that students have access to in order to facilitate its use.

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艾滋病信息的获取对尼日利亚联邦大学本科生知识的影响

摘要信息和知识是抗击艾滋病毒/艾滋病祸害的最重要工具。先前的研究更多地关注艾滋病毒/艾滋病和尼日利亚大学生的态度，信仰和保护习惯，而不是信息因素如何影响他们对该大流行知识的了解。因此，本研究调查了尼日利亚联邦大学本科生中获取艾滋病毒/艾滋病信息对其知识的影响。该研究采用了描述性调查研究设计，并结合了有目的，成比例和分层的随机抽样技术，从尼日利亚五个地缘政治区的五所大学中选择了1,679名本科生。问卷是用于收集数据的工具，使用Pearson的乘积矩相关性和多元回归进行了分析。大学生中最容易获得的艾滋病毒/艾滋病信息来源是电视（94.5％），广播（93.0％）和互联网/ ICT中心（90.5％）。经常评估的HIV / AIDS信息类型包括有关如何拒绝性行为（平均值= 3.15），如何忠实于一个伴侣（平均值= 3.12），分享尖锐物体（平均值= 3.12），输血（平均值= 3.11），无保护的性交（平均值= 3.10）以及如何正确使用安全套（平均值= 3.09）。获得艾滋病毒/艾滋病信息（r = 0.15）导致与艾滋病毒/艾滋病知识具有积极的显着关系，因此，获得艾滋病毒/艾滋病信息对促进大学生的艾滋病毒/艾滋病知识具有积极影响。研究水平也是艾滋病毒/艾滋病知识的预测指标，而年龄，纪律，性别，婚姻状况，部落和宗教。艾滋病服务组织和计划制定者应提出策略，以加强和改进学生可获取的艾滋病信息的内容，准确性和易理解性，以促进其使用。