The migration status of adolescent’s in the most hiv/aids prevalence district of (Ganjam) in Odisha, India

Aims/purpose: Adolescents are a rich human resource and an important part of the development process. Adolescents, especially girls, mostly from disadvantaged communities and families, are trafficked for the purposes of early forced marriages, domestic workers commercial sex work and are forced to work in inhospitable, unsafe and exploitative conditions are the main components for development of HIV/AIDS The present study was an attempt to assess need of knowledge based counseling among 13 to 17 year old adolescents adolescent girls who all were studying in class 9th,10th,11th and 12th in different high schools and women’s collage’s. Methodology of study: The total sample for the present study included 400 adolescents i e 200 from different girl’s high schools and 200 from women’s colleges which are the most of HIV prevalence blocks of the Ganjam district of Odisha state. By using exploratory and the descriptive study design, the researcher attempts to describe female adolescents’ knowledge and understanding regarding HIV/AIDS, a scheduled questionnaire was used covering all aspects of HIV/ AIDS and observation methods were also used to collect the data from the adolescent girls. To analysis data the researcher used frequency percentages and the t- tests were computed. Findings: The majority of (86 per cent) are from families whose parents are non-migrants and belong to native of Ganjam district of Odisha, rest of the adolescent’s family those who have migrants they may have migrated from slum areas whose occupations are daily workers, maid servants and service holder Conclusion: The present study found out that the district of Ganjam is well-known for its high rate of migration in the state of Odisha but fortunately in the area where the research study was conducted the majority (86.5%) respondents’ families are not migrating to other places in search of better livelihood options. The respondents’ families those who have migrated to other places; 23% because of natural disaster and 25.3% in search of better livelihood option to the urban areas which is the main causes of HIV/AIDS transmission.