Survey of attitude and knowledge of reproductive health among middle school students in Luoyang, China.
Genet Mol Res
; 13(3): 6168-76, 2014 Mar 24.
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| ID: mdl-24737509
The aim of this study was to assess the knowledge and attitude of AIDS and sexual behavior of middle school students. Structural questionnaires were designed to interview 1980 junior and senior middle school students about their basic knowledge, attitude, and behavior with respect to AIDS and sexual behavior. Students were recruited from the six most common middle schools of the six regions in Luoyang City of the Henan Province of China by cluster sampling from September to December of 2004. Results showed that 54.5% of students had not learned about the prevention of HIV/AIDS in school, and 38.3% of students did not have any knowledge about the route of transmission of HIV/AIDS. Furthermore, 91.2% of students were reluctant to share a classroom with HIV/AIDS patients. Approximately 21.7% of students had read books, watched videos, and consulted other media related to sex, 1.1% of students had had sexual intercourse during high school, and 80.5% believed that health education on HIV/AIDS and sex was necessary. The results of this survey showed that middle school students have little knowledge about HIV/AIDS and sex. Therefore, health education programs for HIV/AIDS prevention and sexual health should be developed as soon as possible to help students peacefully get through a sexually puzzling period of life.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Instituições Acadêmicas
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Estudantes
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Conhecimentos, Atitudes e Prática em Saúde
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Vigilância da População
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Saúde Reprodutiva
Tipo de estudo:
Qualitative_research
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Screening_studies
Limite:
Female
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Humans
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Male
País/Região como assunto:
Asia
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Genet Mol Res
Assunto da revista:
BIOLOGIA MOLECULAR
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GENETICA
Ano de publicação:
2014
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
China
País de publicação:
Brasil