Evaluation of HIV health services in Lagos State: an empirical study

W. Apena; R.K. Bali; J. Binnersley; R.N.G. Naguib; Michael O. Odetayo; V. Baskaran

doi:10.1504/IJSEM.2014.059705

Evaluation of HIV health services in Lagos State: an empirical study

W. Apena, R.K. Bali, J. Binnersley, R.N.G. Naguib, Michael O. Odetayo, V. Baskaran

Ryerson University

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This paper investigates the efficiency of a particular health service [specifically HIV/AIDS counselling and testing centres (HCT) in Lagos State, Nigeria]. A survey of 958 students, aged between 15-25, was carried out in Lagos State secondary schools and Lagos State University, in conjunction with the Lagos State Ministry of Education, Guidance and Counselling Unit. It was found that there was a low awareness about HIV testing and counselling activities in all the Lagos State divisions. This result suggests that Lagos State students remain vulnerable and that HCT centres are less organised than they could be and it proposes that knowledge management (KM) initiatives be adopted to increase both efficiency and effectiveness of efforts for this essential health service.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1-13
Journal	International Journal of Services, Economics and Management
Volume	6
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1504/IJSEM.2014.059705
Publication status	Published - 2014

Keywords

HIV/AIDS centres
HIV counselling
HIV testing
Nigeria
knowledge management
HIV health services
HIV awareness
healthcare information
vulnerability

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Evaluation of HIV health services in Lagos State: an empirical study

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