A cross-sectional study on AIDS-related knowledge and demands for health education among first-grade students of senior high schools in Tianjin
10.3760/cma.j.issn.0254-6450.2019.12.021
- VernacularTitle: 天津市高一学生艾滋病知识与健康教育需求现况调查
- Author:
Fang XU
1
,
2
;
Kai BU
3
;
Dong ZHANG
4
;
Yiman ZHANG
5
;
Hanxi ZHANG
1
;
Shanshan JIN
6
;
Caixia SUN
1
,
7
;
Xiangfei XIU
1
;
Fangfang CHEN
1
;
Ning WANG
1
;
Mengjie HAN
1
;
Lu WANG
1
Author Information
1. National Center for AIDS/STD Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 102206, China
2. Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin 301617, China
3. School of Health Humanities, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China
4. Dongli District Center for Disease Control and Prevention in Tianjin, Tianjin 300300, China
5. Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin 301617, China
6. Beijing Institute of Ophthalmology, Beijing 100073, China
7. Qinghai Institute of Health Sciences, Xining 810000, China
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
AIDS knowledge;
Awareness;
Demand for health education;
First-grade students of senior high schools
- From:
Chinese Journal of Epidemiology
2019;40(12):1618-1623
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective:To understand the AIDS awareness and related factors as well as the demands for AIDS-related health education programs, among first-grade students from three senior high schools in Tianjin.
Methods:A cross-sectional study using both stratified cluster and convenient sampling methods was conducted. Anonymous questionnaires including social demographic characteristics, AIDS-related knowledge and needs for AIDS health education were distributed to the first-grade students from two general middle schools and one vocational senior middle school in Tianjin.
Results:A total of 1 082 students were responding to the questionnaires. Among them, the overall awareness rates of AIDS-related knowledge were 34.3%(371/1 082), 71.9%(778/1 082) of the students had received knowledge about AIDS and 59.4% (643/1 082) of the students had received knowledge about sexual health in the past, from the three schools. There appeared statistical differences among the two types of schools. 7.0% (76/1 082) of the students reported having had sexual behaviors. Results from the multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that, in vocational senior middle school, the awareness rate of AIDS knowledge was lower (compared with general middle school, OR=0.41, 95%CI: 0.29-0.59) and in the following items, including no need in receiving safe sex health knowledge (compared with needs of safe sex health knowledge, OR=0.62, 95%CI: 0.43-0.91), no interests in reading AIDS-related health education materials (compared with attention to AIDS health education materials, OR=0.41, 95%CI: 0.30-0.56), not aware of safe sex behavior (compared with aware of safe sex behavior, OR=0.55, 95%CI: 0.39-0.77), not aware of correct condom use, compared with aware of correct condom use (OR=0.33, 95%CI: 0.24-0.46).
Conclusions:The overall awareness rate of AIDS knowledge was low among the first-grade students in Tianjin. Some students reported of already having had insertive sex, sexual health knowledge has a significant impact on AIDS knowledge, suggesting that sexual health education and AIDS health education among high school students be strengthened in Tianjin.
