Vol. 6, Issue 10, Part I (2020)

Abstract
HIV infection is one of the most leading infections in the world. According to WHO HIV constitutes to be a major global public health issue, having claimed almost 33 million so far. There were an estimation of 38.0 million people living with the HIV at the end of 2019. As a result of concerted international efforts to respond to HIV, coverage of services has been steadily increasing. In 2019, 68% of adults and 53% of children living with HIV globally were receiving lifelong antiretroviral therapy (ART). There is no cure of HIV infections, however effective antiretroviral drugs can the control of virus and help onward transmission to other people. The knowledge regarding HIV infections in the public is a not much. The study focuses on the effectiveness of self-instructional module on knowledge regarding the HIV among the drivers in Kancheepuram, Chennai. The objectives of the study was to assess the pre and post-test of the self-instructional module. For the study 60 samples were adopted by purposive sampling technique. The pre-test was conducted by giving the structured questionnaire then the module was given and then the post assessment was conducted. The study was conducted for 1 week. In the pre assessment 52(86.7%) were having inadequate knowledge and 8(13.3%) had moderately inadequate knowledge. In the post-test 50(83.33%) had moderately adequate knowledge and 10(16.67%) has adequate knowledge. The effectiveness of self-instructional module was calculated by the paired t test (t=12.880) was found to be statistically highly significant at p<0.001 level.