Awareness and service utilization of HIV pre and post exposure prophylaxis among the young students aged 15-24 years in Hefei
10.16835/j.cnki.1000-9817.2024251
- VernacularTitle:合肥市15~24岁青年学生对艾滋病病毒暴露前后预防的认知与服务使用现况
- Author:
DAI Seying, ZHANG Jin, ZHANG Dandan, LIU Aiwen, YAO Hui, WU Jiabing
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Author Information
1. Department of AIDS Prevention, Anhui Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Hefei (230601) , Anhui Province, China
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Human immunodeficiency virus proteins;
Pre exposure prevention;
Cognition;
Students
- From:
Chinese Journal of School Health
2024;45(8):1148-1151
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective:To understand the awareness and service utilization of HIV preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and postexposure prophylaxis (PEP) among the young students aged 15-24 in Hefei, so as to provide reference for the prevention and treatment of AIDS among young students in the future.
Methods:From May to June 2022, a stratified random cluster sampling method was used to select two different types of universities(undergraduate and vocational colleges) in Hefei, and a crosssectional survey was conducted among the 916 young students at the selected schools. The Chisquare test was used for statistical analysis.
Results:Among the surveyed young students, 88.4% had heterosexual orientation, and 12.4% had sexual behavior including 8.8% of homosexual sexual behavior and 91.2% of heterosexual sexual behavior. The rate of condom use was 70.0% in the last homosexual intercourse, and the rate of condom use was 83.7% in the last heterosexual intercourse. About 41.9% of young students heard of PrEP, and the proportions of young students who knew about PrEP, consulted PrEP and used PrEP were 43.0%, 15.9% and 9.4% respectively. About 38.3% of young students had heard of PEP, and the proportions of young students who knew about PEP, consulted PEP and used PEP were 18.2%, 15.4% and 6.0%.
Conclusions:The awareness rate and utilization rate of PrEP and PEP among young students in Hefei are relatively low. PrEP and PEP publicity should be combined with education of HIV knowledge, and enhance the awareness rate of the young students, in order to reduce the risk of AIDS infection among young students with highrisk behaviors.
