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Article Open Access August 12, 2022

Students’ Knowledge and Sources of Information on HIV/AIDS: Evidence from the Lower Manya Krobo Municipality of the Eastern Region of Ghana

Maxwell Ofori 1, Ernest Amoah Nyarne 2 and Isaac Eshun 3,*
1
Department of Social Sciences, Mount Mary College of Education, Somanya, Ghana
2
Department of Education, Mount Mary College of Education, Somanya, Ghana
3
Department of Social Studies Education University of Education Winneba, Ghana
Publihed in: Current Research in Public Health (Volume 2, Issue 4, 2022)
Page(s): 186-200
DOI: 10.31586/ujssh.2022.390
Received
May 03, 2022
Revised
July 02, 2022
Accepted
July 31, 2022
Published
August 12, 2022
Keywords
Knowledge; Information; HIV/AIDS; Students’; Sources; Ghana; Lower Manya Krobo Municipality
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Ofori, M. , Nyarne, E. A. , & Eshun, I. (2022). Students’ Knowledge and Sources of Information on HIV/AIDS: Evidence from the Lower Manya Krobo Municipality of the Eastern Region of Ghana. Current Research in Public Health, 2(4), 186-200. https://doi.org/10.31586/ujssh.2022.390
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Ofori, M. ; Nyarne, E. A. ; Eshun, I. Students’ Knowledge and Sources of Information on HIV/AIDS: Evidence from the Lower Manya Krobo Municipality of the Eastern Region of Ghana. Current Research in Public Health 2022 2(4), 186-200. https://doi.org/10.31586/ujssh.2022.390
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Ofori, Maxwell, Ernest Amoah Nyarne, and Isaac Eshun. 2022. "Students’ Knowledge and Sources of Information on HIV/AIDS: Evidence from the Lower Manya Krobo Municipality of the Eastern Region of Ghana". Current Research in Public Health 2, no. 4: 186-200. https://doi.org/10.31586/ujssh.2022.390
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Ofori M, Nyarne EA, Eshun I. Students’ Knowledge and Sources of Information on HIV/AIDS: Evidence from the Lower Manya Krobo Municipality of the Eastern Region of Ghana. Current Research in Public Health. 2022; 2(4):186-200. https://doi.org/10.31586/ujssh.2022.390 
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