Survey of attitude and knowledge of reproductive health among middle school students in Luoyang, China
| Autor: | Pan Xj, Ying-Jian Zhang, Lv Sy, Xia Xy, Wang P |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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China Health Knowledge Attitudes Practice medicine.medical_specialty Sexual Behavior education Developing country HIV Infections Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) Surveys and Questionnaires Genetics medicine Humans Students Molecular Biology Reproductive health Schools Transmission (medicine) business.industry General Medicine medicine.disease Sexual intercourse Reproductive Health Population Surveillance Family medicine Female Cluster sampling Health education Psychology business |
| Zdroj: | Genetics and Molecular Research. 13:6168-6176 |
| ISSN: | 1676-5680 |
| DOI: | 10.4238/2014.march.24.17 |
| Popis: | The aim of this study was to assess the knowledge and attitude of AIDS and sexual behavior of middle school students. Structural questionnaires were designed to interview 1980 junior and senior middle school students about their basic knowledge, attitude, and behavior with respect to AIDS and sexual behavior. Students were recruited from the six most common middle schools of the six regions in Luoyang City of the Henan Province of China by cluster sampling from September to December of 2004. Results showed that 54.5% of students had not learned about the prevention of HIV/AIDS in school, and 38.3% of students did not have any knowledge about the route of transmission of HIV/AIDS. Furthermore, 91.2% of students were reluctant to share a classroom with HIV/AIDS patients. Approximately 21.7% of students had read books, watched videos, and consulted other media related to sex, 1.1% of students had had sexual intercourse during high school, and 80.5% believed that health education on HIV/AIDS and sex was necessary. The results of this survey showed that middle school students have little knowledge about HIV/AIDS and sex. Therefore, health education programs for HIV/AIDS prevention and sexual health should be developed as soon as possible to help students peacefully get through a sexually puzzling period of life. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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