scholarly journals Knowledge, risk perception of AIDS and reported sexual behaviour among students in secondary schools and colleges in Tanzania

1999 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 185-196 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. S. Maswanya
Keyword(s):  
Risk Perception ◽  
Secondary Schools ◽  
Sexual Behaviour

scholarly journals STI Risk Perception in the British Population and How It Relates to Sexual Behaviour and STI Healthcare Use: Findings From a Cross-sectional Survey (Natsal-3)

2018 ◽  
Vol 2-3 ◽  
pp. 29-36 ◽  
Author(s):  
Soazig Clifton ◽  
Catherine H. Mercer ◽  
Pam Sonnenberg ◽  
Clare Tanton ◽  
Nigel Field ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Perception ◽  
Sexual Behaviour ◽  
Healthcare Use ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional

scholarly journals Double trouble: modelling the impact of low risk perception and high-risk sexual behaviour on chlamydia transmission

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (141) ◽  
pp. 20170847 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daphne A. van Wees ◽  
Chantal den Daas ◽  
Mirjam E. E. Kretzschmar ◽  
Janneke C. M. Heijne
Keyword(s):  
Risk Perception ◽  
High Risk ◽  
Mathematical Models ◽  
Sexual Behaviour ◽  
Sexually Transmitted ◽  
Pair Model ◽  
High Risk Sexual Behaviour ◽  
Testing Uptake ◽  
Risk Sexual Behaviour ◽  
The Impact

Risk perception plays an important role in testing behaviour for sexually transmitted infections, but is rarely included in mathematical models exploring the impact of testing. We explored the impact of incorporating sexual behaviour (SB), risk perception (RP) and differential testing uptake in SB–RP groups on prevalence, using chlamydia as an example. We developed a pair model with a susceptible–infected–susceptible structure representing heterosexuals aged 16–26 years. The effect of testing on chlamydia prevalence was compared between a model with only SB (SB model) and a model with SB and RP (SB–RP model). In the SB–RP model, a scenario without differential testing uptake in SB–RP groups was compared to scenarios with differential testing uptake in SB–RP groups. Introducing testing into the SB–RP model resulted in a slightly smaller reduction in chlamydia prevalence (−38.0%) as compared to the SB model (−40.4%). In the SB–RP model, the scenario without differential testing uptake in SB–RP groups overestimated the reduction in chlamydia prevalence (with 4.8%), especially in the group with high SB and low RP (19.8%). We conclude that mathematical models incorporating RP and differential testing uptake in SB–RP groups improve the impact assessment of testing and treatment on chlamydia prevalence.

scholarly journals A Comparative Research of Sexual Behaviour and Risk Perception in Two Cohorts of Spanish University Students

2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
Yolanda Pastor ◽  
Carolina Rojas-Murcia
Keyword(s):  
Risk Perception ◽  
University Students ◽  
Sexual Behaviour ◽  
Sexual Practices ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Hiv Test ◽  
Gender And Age ◽  
Aids Risk ◽  
Cross Sectional Design ◽  
Hiv Aids

The aim of this research was to describe the sexual behaviour and HIV/AIDS risk perception in two cohorts of Spanish university students. A cross-sectional design of two cohorts was employed. A total of 230 university students in 2004 (Mage=19.77; SD=1.73; 72.6% females) and 264 in 2012 (Mage=19.47; SD=1.73; 73.5% females) were recruited. A self-developed questionnaire on sexual behaviour was administered. A MANOVA per cohort, gender and age was performed. The results revealed that there were no differences between the cohorts regarding sexual practices. About one-fifth of sexually active young people used condoms regularly but not always, around one-sixth sometimes or never used them, half of the respondents did not usually require their sexual partners to take an HIV test and only the ten percent had ever undergone it. Three quarters of the subjects perceived some degree of invulnerability to HIV/AIDS. Spanish females perceived themselves more invulnerable.

scholarly journals Influence of Peer Pressure as a Determinant of Premarital Sexual Behaviour among Senior Secondary School Students in Kaduna State, Nigeria

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 151-159
Author(s):  
O L Badaki ◽  
M F Adeola
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary Schools ◽  
Sexual Behaviour ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Peer Pressure ◽  
School Students ◽  
Senior Secondary School ◽  
Senior Secondary Schools ◽  
Premarital Sexual ◽  
Senior Secondary

This study investigated peer pressure influence on premarital sexual behaviour of senior secondary school students in Kaduna State, Nigeria. The population for the study comprised students in public senior secondary schools in the twenty-three Local Government Areas of Kaduna State. Simple random sampling was used to select Kaduna North senatorial zones from the three existing zones in Kaduna State. Nine schools from thirty-two senior secondary schools were randomly selected. The population of senior secondary schools in Kaduna North zone was 5,730 in 2010/2011. 50% (2,865) of the population was used as sample size. A total number of 1,655 males and 1,210 female students were used. In each of the nine (9) schools, 319 copies of questionnaire were administered to the Students using simple random sampling technique. The data collected were statistically analyzed using descriptive statistics of mean, and standard deviation. The hypothesis was tested using one sample Z-test at 0.05 level of significance. It was found that, there is significant influence of peer pressure on premarital sexual behaviour among senior secondary school students in Kaduna State, Nigeria. It was recommended, that Kaduna State Ministry of Education to intensify awareness programme on premarital sexual behaviour through workshops or seminars for the students on how to deal with peer pressure, and other social pressures that may lead to sexual intercourse.

scholarly journals Sexual behaviour and attitudes among university students in Zagreb

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (Supplement_4) ◽  
Author(s):  
M Majer ◽  
B Puškarić Saić ◽  
V Musil ◽  
R Mužić ◽  
N Pjevač ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Reproductive Health ◽  
Secondary Schools ◽  
University Students ◽  
Sexual Intercourse ◽  
Sex Education ◽  
Sexual Behaviour ◽  
First Year ◽  
Continuous Education ◽  
Catholic University

Abstract Background Sexual behaviour of youth could have reproductive health outcomes with an impact on individual and general population health. The aim of this study was to determine sexual behaviour and attitudes among first year university students in city of Zagreb, Croatia. Methods Study included 298 first year students (61% of females) of Medical School University of Zagreb and 124 students (75% of females) of Catholic University of Zagreb in academic year 2017/2018. Data were collected by anonymous questionnaire School Health Survey, and analysed by descriptive statistics. Results Significantly higher proportion of Catholic University students have had sexual intercourse comparing to medical students of University of Zagreb (48% vs. 36%, P = 0.019). The age of first sexual intercourse for the most of students was from 16-18 years (73% of Catholic University students, and 79% of medical students). Contraception was always used among 54% of Catholic University students, and 67% of medical students, and never used among 11% and 4% of them respectively. Most of the students have gained information about human sexuality from the internet (26% of Catholic University students, and 30% of medical students), followed by friends (18%) and parents (11%) for Catholic University students, and television (25%) and friends (14%) for medical students. Most students expressed the attitude that sex education should be introduced in secondary schools (31% and 36%, respectively), followed by both, in primary and secondary schools (21%, and 30% respectively). Fourteen percent of Catholic University students and 7% of medical students thought that sex education should not be introduced to schools. Conclusions Results showed risky sexual behaviour of university students, especially Catholic University students, indicating the need of continuous education on reproductive health among youth. Key messages Results indicate the need of intervention and continuous education on reproductive health among university students in Zagreb, Croatia. Results showed insufficient use of contraception especially among Catholic University students indicating the need of education on reproductive health among medical and nonmedical students.

scholarly journals Multidisciplinary peer-led Sexual and Reproductive Health education programme in France, a prospective controlled-study

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anaïs Nuttall ◽  
Julien Mancini ◽  
Camille Lizin ◽  
Sabrina Hamzaoui ◽  
Sophie Mariotti ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Perception ◽  
Reproductive Health ◽  
Sexual Behaviour ◽  
Sexual And Reproductive Health ◽  
Knowledge Score ◽  
Education Programme ◽  
Controlled Study ◽  
Peer Educators ◽  
Healthcare Students ◽  
Before And After

Abstract Background: Sexual education is an international priority to promote sexual and reproductive health (SRH) and to reduce risky sexual behaviour. Experts recommend holistic and comprehensive SRH peer-led education.In 2018, the French government launched a new public health peer-led prevention programme called “Service Sanitaire” (SeSa), consisting of health education provided by healthcare students (peer educators) to teenagers. During the first year of the programme and for the first time in France, the impact of the programme was prospectively evaluated to examine whether the programme improved the SRH knowledge of healthcare students and teenagers. Risk perception and risky sexual behaviour among these populations were also evaluated.Method: A prospective multicentre controlled study was conducted from November 2018 to May 2019. SRH knowledge was compared before and after the SeSa programme, and the evolution of this knowledge was compared, with linear regression, between healthcare students benefiting from the SRH SeSa programme and those who were part of another programme. The same analyses of knowledge were performed for teenagers who received the SeSa SRH interventions compared to teenagers who had no specific SRH education programme. Risk perception and risky behaviour were studied before and after the programme among healthcare students and among teenagers.Results: More than 70% of the targeted population participated in the study, with 747 healthcare students and 292 teenagers. SRH peer educators increased their knowledge score significantly more than other peer educators (a difference of 2.1 points/30 [95% CI 1.4 – 2.9] (p[between group] < 0.001)). Teenagers receiving the SeSa intervention also had a greater increase in their knowledge score than the other teenagers (+5.2/30 [95% CI 3.2 – 7.4] p[between group] <0.001). There was no evidence of change in sexual risk behaviours for the healthcare student population. Conclusion: The “Service Sanitaire” programme significantly improved the sexual and reproductive health knowledge of peer-educator healthcare students and teenagers compared to a classic education programme. Longer and/or qualitative studies are needed to evaluate changes in sexual behaviour as well as positive aspects of sexuality.

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