AIDS-related knowledge, behavior and health service demand among secondary vocational school students in Shanghai Municipality
- Author:
Jie FU
;
Qing YUE
;
Wenjing LI
;
Zhen NING
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
AIDS；awareness；behavior；secondary vocational school student
- From:
Journal of Preventive Medicine
2022;34(11):1101-1104
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective :To investigate the AIDS-related knowledge and behaviors and health service demand among secondary vocational school students in Shanghai Municipality, so as to provide the evidence for formulating the HIV/AIDS health education and behavioral interventions among secondary vocational school students.
Methods :Three secondary vocational schools were randomly sampled in Shanghai Municipality using a stratified cluster sampling method from September to November in 2019, and grade was stratified in each school. Then, a class was sampled from each grade, and all students in this class were sampled. Participants' demographics, AIDS-related knowledge, sexual behaviors, and health service needs for AIDS control were collected using questionnaires and descriptively analyzed.
Results :Totally 2 078 questionnaires were allocated, and 2 022 questionnaires were recovered, including 2 013 valid questionnaires (99.55%). The respondents had a median age of 16 years (interquartile range, 2 years), and included 1 366 men (67.86%). A low awareness rate was found for “Self-testing may understand HIV/AIDS infection status” (40.83%) and “Mosquito bites fail to transmit HIV” (37.95%). There were 182 respondents with sexual behaviors (9.04%), including 47 respondents with use of condoms during each sexual behaviors (25.82%), 20 respondents with multiple sexual partner behaviors simultaneously (10.99%), and 21 respondents that had received HIV testing (11.54%). There were 807 respondents with questions about sex and reproductive health (40.09%), and 852 respondents that wished to acquire answers from professional network platforms and professionals (42.32%).
Conclusions :The awareness of HIV/AIDS transmission route and use of condoms is low among secondary vocational students in Shanghai Municipality, and there are high-risk behaviors for HIV/AIDS among students. The secondary vocational school students are most eager to obtain the answers from professional institutions and professionals if there are questions about sex and reproductive health.
- Full text:上海市中等职业学校学生预防艾滋病相关知识、行为和卫生服务需求调查.pdf
