| dc.description.abstract | The study assessed the impact of western culture on the spread
of HIV/AIDS among the youth in Uganda-case study youth in
Kyazanga Sub County, Lwengo district. The study was aimed at
achieving the three specific objectives; to find out the
Western cultures that enable the spread of HIV/AIDS, to find
out ways in which the Western culture practices adopted by the
youth contribute to the increase of HIV/AIDS prevalence and to
suggest possible measures that can be put in place to mitigate
HIV/AIDS infection. The study employed a case study research
design using a qualitative approach. Primary data was
collected from 50 (fifty) respondents using questionnaires and
interviews.
The study found out that thecode of conduct,
homosexuality,Anal intercourse, language and norms of
behavior, Western religions, Western music and literature and
systems of beliefs as aspect of Western cultures that have
enabled the spread of HIV/AIDS.
The study further found out that education which has freed
young stars from traditional restrictions, increased substance
abuse, video shows of pornographic content, indecent dressing,
increased use of social media as well as youth sleeping in
disco cinemas as ways in which the western cultural practices
adopted by the youth contribute to the prevalence of HIV/AIDS
The study finally recommends the need to focus on the
education system to equipe students on how to contralhiv,
sensitizing the youth about HIV/AIDS, mentoring the youth in
life skills, to enacting strict policies and regulations
against sexual immorality as measures that can be put in place
to reduce HIV/AIDS infection | en_US |
