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Serial No ISBN 079 – 2120 Author 1 UMEAKUKA, Okey A

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Title Journal of Health Education and Sport Sciences (JOHESS)

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Description Journal of Health Education and Sport Sciences (JOHESS)

Category Education

Publisher The Academic Publishers

Publication Date 2002

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I t ~se of l~rgogcnic P,ic q b 11rmng Ahri~adu 13ello I., rrivcrsity P.lhletas C.E. Dikki, Pt1.D. ISI V.C. Ivvuaior. B.Sc:.

l111cr l-i;>tcr Variance irt t h3 L~?rlir:aI Toe Test 01 Lumbar I lt:hit)ii~i.y. C'.E. Dilc k i , l'h.13.; F.R. Harunt, "I .D; & Gunen, M . S c .

:.I i-'erc:eption o l Fr:rnale F'ari~ci;,otion in Sports Among hlbutu Ngwa IPeuple of Abia 5 , al.e, Nigeria 'Vji, G.C.

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ibcreat ion and Spor: I Ef t ' x t i ve Mean!; of

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f3ECREATIC;lid AND SPORT AS EI-FECTIVE MEANS OF J NICATING HIVIAIDS INFORMAT'lOisL

OY I,:A, O.A.(Pfi.D) & OGBUJI, C.N. (Mrs.)

De1)artil IIN t of Healtll m d Physical Education, Ilriiversity of Nigeria.. Nsukka.

Communication Poten tiills of Recrtration and ,C port Fb:r?ation i j r .1~1 s l u r - t h w e been exploi ted fur cornmurricatior~

p\.~rpa!;c?s. lictc-ret~lio~l r1?1c.s to thost? activities people engage in during le~su~-c. pt!riocf:; a i d involvr?rncn? is act ivated I3y the satisfaction which

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Recrenriorl i s pzr ! : ) I wary culture wt l i d 1 permeates nearly every irnl~ortant :tspct:t of lift :): i t pcople. Tho religioxs, econu~nic, political, social, erli~c:i~tional and c:l I Iturn1 t l i r~ iensio~is of i311v socielv nrc i l f e c terl.

;o serves as ;I bait for a luct ative promotional

~g their goods i t car\ as

~ l n o e one could (lo - ,-, , m c i to hnvc status

C' . . ) I \ ? won l fu t th? r t o note that sport is iliscs nrr t l ~ c drnwilq powcr ol' bulb leisurf:

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I f I i 7 JL11y 'i I , 1994 was csl imated E L 3 1 .2 billiorl people. IVlt?!!a spo:t rl - ;~; ; . l . like the Oly~r lp ic galrres is sure t o attract 17mre a.tt-~lctes arlc! ~112:: tator c, than the f i yw es mentioned above. If

r.:)rnli.urlic:a[iorl irlclude nor1 words likc :,li;rl)c?s, colours, sf-ace and tirnt? (Barker 1 . 0 ~ I zxreat io~ nnl allrJ sportirtg nctivilies

uf AIDS is riot k ~ ~ o w n . TI ,c fil s t cases o f I(? US rn 1981 a l ~ d i ' r Clgar (la ill 11-1132 al l r l

cups, ana roller sears. , ttlc only way to avoid I ~ C E F ; such as 1:he ones

to Je comrrlunic:ated are

Cer 111-c, ESLIII m lu I louse, 3446, Karrlpzl;~. Tel: (256-4.1) : - 1 A . n : . I 1 .... ,,

Luo, 110,

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iprt:a~lii l:! I-IIVIAIDS ir\ for~riat im. Here r e c r e a h n 3re coi~.~l~il-led with C(! I I I I I ILI I~I I :CL~~ I J ~ O V ~ C ; ~ O ~ I ~ ; t o . . . . . . . . - . .- *.

I . Spnr ls c : o l ~ n ~ r i s in new:bpapftrs :njay ~);wpIt: I ~ u y Iwws1l;tpcr:; just lor t he sports

c 10 ~l)r>rts i1!01>'f [ I I S O ~ l l t I a ~ ; t I j 1 of

n r ~ t realty work for thc I g r : r r i ~ i ~~e a l l c c l ~ o n lor Lhc

are ali aspects of recreational clrarnatired, represented in the

Drama ts will

lurlri, a.ru rrlustc; WIII urtve tl'le cople's souls.

~lna l competition!; which many porcuive with pcoplc from other countries o f the

-~IVIAIDS; for now. The few nurse vt!r y expensive. Tlic only r forrnat im on HIVIAIDS t o as vailable means. Recreation and t o get LIE message across to

( t o identify other universal Recomn\er~d~~t ions

1. 1\11 hat-~ds r i h o ~ l d t je on dccl situalirjns 1il.c ri:ci.l.r.~.:ior> a d sport and 2xplore them fo: wider cl)mm~.~nica tion of ill flmnatian o n HIVIAIDIS,

2. T.ie various govc;r-:~nc?nts of the world particularly Nigerian ~:pvt?rr-~rncnt -- :;\IOL,IC :;trivc? to incrcase the living standards o l ,[llt:ir- citizenry by ::;.:sting enabling environment itabla a,:~i\,ities. bl~'he;~ ti-I;:; is achieved men air? l ikely to ?ss in =j1>3r.(:h c-,f M0118)1 :m:1 wornen are likely to i ~ ~ t i l t x s e : their r,..::;ir;~ance to .laltr! ;a prostitution as a sur diva\ strategy.

for prof travel I f

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);I/ c ~ f d 4 u ' w r t i & i ~ ~ g f i ~ ; ; ( , , jrct~. 2 5(2) 2E;- 30. I 1 . fit tit^^, ,,.::; t o w a r d s the values of sports.

?,3:iond h'evicw of .Sj)cjrt-.s Sociology. % ( I 8 ) , 99-1 02. FI. ( IJI 11:latcd) Spcrr i I e I- All. Sport and Secreariorr: T/rt.,

I ' l ~ i n ~ u l i ~ , 1-1. 1 9 f'ighting AIDS in East Africa. UNESCO : ' L ) : J ~ - C ~ S , 6 5, '1 A! .

h l . ~ i : n s ~ r ~ , 3. (1587'). Irl'hat i s AIDS: W; , I IL I~ I for C~cls l t l~ Workc~x. b I i ( j ~ ria. C l a v e r i i ~ ; . ~ ~ ~ ~ Press.

!Sr;u~ler, E.C. and 5r~ri-:it.zer, E.A. (1983). Siocial aspects of sport. h r e t i ~ m a ' I;(: bii~:ws of Sporf Sociolc~gy. 2 ( 2 ) .