Abstract:

This review of the article titled "The effect of sociocultural factors on HIV/AIDS prevalence amongst adolescents and youths in Niger State, Nigeria”, authored by Otojareri Kohwo started with introduction and then was focused on aspects such as literature review, structure, critique, authority, currency, accuracy, relevance, objectivity and stability. Furthermore, appraisal of tables, recent advances related to the topic, credibility and accessibility. The objective of the original article was “to examine the effect of socio-cultural factors on the prevalence of HIV/AIDs amongst adolescent and youths attending the antiretroviral clinics of four general hospitals in Niger State, Nigeria.” HIV/AIDS remains a public health problem in Nigeria where its prevalence does not decline among young adolescents despite policies in place, due to several socio-cultural factors. Hence the interest such research topic. The author employed a hospital base descriptive study in selected hospitals targeting young and adolescent population with positive HIV statues. Sampling technic used was “multistage” Structured questionnaire was administered, analysis was performed and all ethical issues were addressed. Overall, this was a less objectively written article, with some relative credibility. However, the article has contributed but slightly to de body of knowledge on the topic especially this area of Nigeria. The great weakness in this article is that it would require significant improvement in its methodology. However, the article is very accessible, with a very current public health topic and relevant for students. Further research with very adapted methodology could be very interesting.

Keywords: Review, HIV/AIDS, adolescents and youth, sociocultural factors.

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