Factors associated with university students’ knowledge about HIV and preand post-exposure prophylaxis
| Autor: | Ana Luísa Serrano Lima, Heitor Hortensi Sesnik, Lucas Vinícius de Lima, Gabriel Pavinati, Maria de Fátima Garcia Lopes Merino, Marcelle Paiano, Nelly Lopes de Moraes Gil, Gabriela Tavares Magnabosco |
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| Jazyk: | English<br />Spanish; Castilian<br />Portuguese |
| Rok vydání: | 2024 |
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| Zdroj: | Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem, Vol 77, Iss suppl 2 (2024) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 1984-0446 0034-7167 |
| DOI: | 10.1590/0034-7167-2024-0092 |
| Popis: | ABSTRACT Objectives: to analyze the factors associated with university students’ knowledge about HIV and preand post-exposure prophylaxis. Methods: a cross-sectional study was conducted with 503 university students from a southern state in Brazil; data were collected using a characterization tool and a questionnaire containing 16 statements about the topic; descriptive measures and Poisson regression models with robust variance were used for analysis. Results: the prevalence of adequate knowledge (i.e., scoring more than 12 correct answers) was 27.83%; students older than 24 years, enrolled in health-related courses, who had not engaged in sexual relations in the last quarter, with a history of rapid HIV testing, and who knew or had heard about the prophylaxes showed a higher likelihood of scoring more than 12 correct answers. Conclusions: generally, the knowledge of young people about HIV and its prophylaxes was found to be inadequate and influenced by sociodemographic, educational, and behavioral factors. |
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