Official websites use. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites. The moral rights of the named author s have been asserted. The study sought to establish university students' perceptions of risk of HIV infections. A cross-sectional survey was conducted on sexually active students at two universities in Zimbabwe one state and one private.
Results revealed that above a quarter of the respondents felt at risk of getting HIV due to their regular partners' sexual behaviours and more than half felt at risk of getting HIV due to their casual partners' sexual behaviours. In addition, a third of the respondents acknowledged the HIV risk due to their own sexual behaviours.
More state university respondents felt exposed to HIV infections due to own sexual behaviours than their private university counterparts. Despite these revelations, only Personal HIV risk perceptions were low, reported by Almost all respondents described their fellows' sexual behaviours as either risky or very risky.
While the entire spectrum of young people is heavily affected by the HIV scourge, the degree of the severity of their problem may vary depending on the cultural, socio-demographic, political and economic environments that they find themselves in.
This study concentrates on one group of young people at high risk of HIV infections, university students. Worldwide, this section of young people has of late deservedly received research attention due to the different circumstantial risks that they face.
