Title:
UNIVERSITY PRE-SERVICE TEACHERS' HIV RISK PERCEPTION AND ITS ASSOCIATION WITH INVOLVEMENT IN NON PROTECTIVE SEXUAL BEHAVIOURS

Authors:
Loyce Kiiza Kobusingye (Ph.D)*

Abstract:
The study was conducted on year three (final year) university pre-service teachers with the main objective of analysing the relationship between their HIV risk perception and their involvement in non protective sexual behaviours. Basing on the Theory of Planned Behaviour, HIV risk perception and non protective sexual behaviours are linked on the basis of unforeseen consequences. The study employed a purely quantitative approach, specifically percentages and Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient. The findings revealed a generally high HIV risk perception and high involvement in non protective sexual behaviours but the relationship between the two was found to be negative and statistically significant (p= 0.04, r= -.149). This outcome therefore leads to a need for training of pre-service teachers at universities, and university students in general in HIV risks and life skills to avert the negative consequences of non protective sexual behaviours, especially HIV and other Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs).