Report on knowledge-attitude-practice survey in relation to HIV and AIDS of In-Out of school children and needs assessment of children infected and affected by HIV and AIDS, in Binh Thanh, Go Vap and Hoc Mon districts of Ho Chi Minh city

This surveyed was commissioned to Life Quality Promotion Centre (Life Centre) by Save the Children UK with the main objectives to (i) find out Knowledge-Attitude-Practice (KAP) of children and youth related to HIV and AIDS and other related topics, and (ii) assess the needs for care and support of HIV and AIDS-infected and affected children and youth. The main informant groups were (i) schooling children (ii) dropouts (iii) HIV and AIDS-infected/affected children; (iv) family members of HIV and AIDS-infected/affected children; and (v) officials of local communes in proposed project districts of Binh Thanh, Go Vap, and Hoc Mon. The survey employed a combined quantitative and qualitative method.