Journalists' Knowledge of AIDS and Attitude to Persons Living with HIV in Ibadan, Nigeria
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Abstract
This study surveyed 254 journalists from the seven media organisations in Ibadan, Nigeria, to assess their knowledge of acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), attitude to persons living with HIV/AIDS (PLWA) and reports of AIDS-related issues. The journalists' overall mean AIDS knowledge score was 10.6 out of 14 points. About one third (29%) believed that the bite of a mosquito could transmit HIV and 28% thought that AIDS could be cured if detected early. Although 75.2% agreed that the rights of PLWAs to employment should be protected, 49.6% believed AIDS patients should be detained in hospital to prevent the spread of HIV. About a quarter (25.2%) had received training about HIV/AIDS, while 74.8% had not. The majority (65.4%) had never written any report on HIV/AIDS-related issues, while 35.6% had done so. Journalists in Ibadan do not have adequate knowledge of AIDS, and many of them show negative attitude to PLWAs, thus undermining their potential ability to educate the public about AIDS. Advocacy and training workshops are recommended to address this problem. (Afr J Reprod Health 2004; 8[2]: 101-110) Résumé La connaissance chez les journalistes par rapport au SIDA et leur attitude envers les personnes qui vivent avec le VIH à Ibadan, Nigéria. Cette étude a enquêté 254 journalistes tirés de sept organisations médiatiques à Ibadan, Nigéria afin d'évaluer leur connaissance du syndrome d'immunodéficience acquise (SIDA), leur attitude envers les personnes vivant avec le virus le l'immunodéficience humaine (VIH) et les reportages des problèmes liés au SIDA. L'indice moyen de la connaissance chez les journalistes sur le SIDA était 10.6 sur 14 points. A peu près un tiers (29%) ont cru que la piqure de la moustique peut transmettre le VIH et 28% ont cru que le SIDA pouvait être guéri si l'on le détecte tôt. Bien que 75,2% soient d'accord qu'il faut protéger les droits de ceux qui vivent avec le SIDA à l'emploi, 49,6% ont cru qu'il faut retenir les malades atteints par le SIDA dans l'hôpital pour éviter la propagation du VIH. Environ un quart (25,2%) ont suivi des cours sur le VIH/SIDA alors que 74,8% ne l'ont pas suivi. La majorité (65,4%) n'avaient jamais écrit un reportage sur des problèmes liés au VIH/SIDA alors que 35,6% l'avaient fait. Les journalistes à Ibadan n'ont pas de connaissance adéquate sur le SIDA et beaucoup d'entre eux ont des attitudes négatives envers les personnes vivant avec le SIDA, ce qui sape leur capacité potentielle pour renseigner le public sur le SIDA. Nous préconisons les ateliers de formation et de plaidoirie comme moyens de résoudre les problèmes. (Rev Afr Santé Reprod 2004; 8[2]: 101-110)
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How this classification was reachedexpand
Full frame machine prediction
Teacher imitationNot calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.
Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)
| Category | Codex | Gemma |
|---|---|---|
| Metaresearch | 0.001 | 0.004 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Open science | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Research integrity | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.003 | 0.000 |
Machine scores (provisional)
The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.
Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.
score_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from itClassification
machine, unvalidatedMachine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.
How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".