HIV-prevention measures on a university campus in South Africa - perceptions, practices and needs of undergraduate medical students
| Autor: | Mpumelelo Mkhosana, Pretty Segopa, Motlhoboga Molise, Katlego Lephalo, Willem H. Kruger, Dumenzile Mahlangu, Neo Lebesa, Gina Joubert |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Adult Male Health Knowledge Attitudes Practice Higher education Adolescent Universities media_common.quotation_subject education Population HIV Infections law.invention 03 medical and health sciences South Africa Young Adult 0302 clinical medicine Female condom law Virology Surveys and Questionnaires Students Premedical Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Young adult Curriculum media_common Reproductive health School Health Services Medical education education.field_of_study 030505 public health business.industry Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health General Medicine Abstinence Infectious Diseases Cross-Sectional Studies Female 0305 other medical science business |
| Zdroj: | African journal of AIDS research : AJAR. 19(2) |
| ISSN: | 1727-9445 |
| Popis: | Background: Young adults such as university students are considered to be a key population for HIV-prevention efforts. This study aimed to determine the perceptions, practices and needs of undergraduate medical students regarding HIV-prevention measures available on campus. Methods: The research design was descriptive cross-sectional. Data were collected using an anonymous, self-administered questionnaire distributed to all 745 undergraduate medical students in the School of Clinical Medicine, University of the Free State, South Africa, of whom 470 responded (63.1%). Results: Almost half (45.5%) of all respondents across the five academic years had received information about available HIV-prevention measures on campus. Most reported that information had been received during lectures (59.7%) and only 24.2% from the local health clinic on campus. The findings also revealed that 14.2% of students had used at least one prevention measure in the past, while the majority of students (70.2%) used abstinence as an HIV-prevention measure. A large percentage of all the students (47.6%) had been tested for HIV before the start of the study. Two-thirds (67%) of students indicated that the current HIV-prevention services on campus were not sufficient. Conclusion: Medical students received HIV-prevention information as part of their curriculum but this was deemed not to be sufficient. This study suggests that tertiary education institutions should evaluate the effectiveness of strategies currently in place for the distribution and awareness of HIV-prevention measures and sexual health issues affecting students, using a student-centred approach. |
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