Association between Cultural Practices, Government Policy and Preventive Health Behavior. The Mediating Role of Radio Education Program on HIV Prevention in Jigawa State Nigeria

This study explored the role of radio education program on HIV/AIDS prevention as a mediator of the association between Cultural practices and Government policy and preventive health behavior in HIV prevention. Data were collected from 471 household in Jigawa state, using self- administered questionnaires. SPSS soft ware was used and Sobel mediation text was employed. The major finding of this study is that part of the effect of the Cultural Practices and Government Policy were mediated by radio education program and their indirect effect on Preventive health behavior via radio education program is significant (p= 0.0001). The findings provide evidence for partial mediation, as the result of the test statistics does not drop to zero. The result of the test statistics for Cultural Practices is 0.427, and significance (p=0.0000) and the test statistic for Government Policy is 0.069, and significance (p = 0.003). Thus, it can be concluded that radio education program on HIV prevention is a statistically significant partial mediator of the effect of Cultural practices and Government Policy on Preventive Health Behavior.