IIARD International Institute of Academic Research and Development

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MEDICAL EVALUATION AND PHYSICAL REPORT (IJMEPR )

E-ISSN 2579-0498
P-ISSN 2695-2181
VOL. 7 NO. 2 2023
DOI: https://doi.org/10.56201/ijmepr.v7.no2.2023.pg13.23

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Ecopsychosocial Strategies for Eradication of Hiv/Aids in Covid- 19 Pandemic Era

Omeje, Obiageli ; Ozor, Tobias Obiora ; Mgbenkemdi, Hyacinth Ejike & Chikwendu, Chimezie

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Abstract

The rate of HIV/AIDS new infection seems to be very alarming even in the covid-19 pandemic era when restriction of movement and lockdown was imposed by the government across the globe. Those living with HIV/AIDS were faced with challenges of trying to manage their health but new infections were still being recorded. In an attempt to ascertain the possible factors that promote the spread and possible ways to curtail it in our society, this study investigated ecopsychosocial strategies for its eradication. A total of 564 participants with age range of 19 and 66 years comprised 307 males and 257 females were used for the study. Out of 564, 298 were single; 166 married and 100 divorced. These were drawn from the population of people living with HIV/AIDS that visit University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital Ituku Ozalla and General Hospital, Udi in Udi Local Government Area, all in Enugu State for their anti-retroviral drugs using purposive sampling technique. A 13-item and a 10-item questionnaire designed by the researchers were used. A Cross sectional survey design was adopted while descriptive statistics was used to analyze the data using SPSS version 23. The results showed that all the participants agreed that promiscuity contributed hundred percent (100%) to the spread of HIV/AIDS, having unprotected sex also attracted a hundred percent (100%), (100%) of the participants agreed that excessive use of hard drugs and alcohol contribute to the spread of the virus, ninety-seven percent (97.3%) of the participants agreed that poverty can also contribute to the spread of the virus, sixty-four percent (64.6%) agreed that lack of maternal services can contribute to the spread of HIV/AIDS, more than seventy percent (78.3%) disagreed that tribal wars and conflict can contribute to the spread of HIV/AIDS while about seventeen percent (17.6%) agreed that wars and conflict can aid in the spread of the virus. Sixty (60%) disagreed that cultural factors can contri

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