Colombian Adaptation of the HIV and Other Sexually Transmitted Infections Knowledge Scale (KSI) in an Adolescent Population

Colombia has one of the highest rates of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and teenage pregnancies among Latin American countries. Knowledge about HIV/AIDS and other STIs has been identified as a factor in promoting healthy sexual behavior. The HIV and Other Sexually Transmitted Infections Knowledge Scale (KSI) is an instrument created in Spain to assess sexual health knowledge in adolescents. In view of the lack of scales that measure this construct in Colombia, this study aims to culturally adapt and validate the KSI for the Colombian adolescent population. The sample was comprised of 866 adolescent school children (458 females and 408 males) aged between 14 and 19 years ( M = 15.97, SD = 1.36) from 12 schools in the cities of Bogotá (n = 467) and Barranquilla (n = 400). Results showed good item psychometric properties and adequate discrimination and difficulty indices. Factorial analysis confirmed a five-dimensional factor structure. The indicators of validity showed significant correlations with constructs related on theoretical grounds. In sum, the study presents a valid and reliable scale for evaluating knowledge about HIV and other STIs in Colombian adolescent population.

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Sexual health knowledge among secondary school students in Morogoro, Tanzania: half full or full empty?

International Journal of Health ◽

10.14419/ijh.v5i2.8190 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 5 (2) ◽

pp. 120 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Gloria Kaale ◽

Mikidadi Muhanga

Keyword(s):

Secondary School ◽

Sexual Health ◽

Sexually Transmitted Infections ◽

Secondary School Students ◽

Health Knowledge ◽

Simple Random Sampling ◽

School Students ◽

Sexually Transmitted ◽

Knowledge And Attitude ◽

Sexual Health Knowledge

Background: Sexual health knowledge (SHK) is very crucial as the world is facing HIV/AIDS tragedy, increased cases of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and unsafe abortions among adolescents. It is obvious that knowledge is an important prevention factor for any disease.Objectives: The study was conducted to assess knowledge and attitude on sexual health among secondary school students in Morogoro Municipality. Specifically the study (I: (i) examined students’ knowledge and attitude on sexual transmitted infections, (ii) analyzed student's awareness on early pregnancy prevention, and; (iii) determined students’ knowledge on issues related to puberty.Methods: The study involved 75 respondents from five secondary schools and 13 key informants through purposive sampling and simple random sampling techniques. Data were collected using a structured questionnaire. Data collected were analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) ver.12.Results: Findings revealed that 79.8% of the respondents had knowledge on sexually transmitted infections, 86.5% were aware ofmethods of controlling early pregnancies; 83.9% have never used protective gears during sexual intercourses, and 54.7% did not understand a menstruation cycle.Conclusion: The study recommended for provision of sexual health knowledge to students to reduce incidences of early pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections; likewise on the need to use protective gears during sexual intercourses. Knowledge concerning sexual health is vital for all particularly for adolescents, as they are vulnerable to adopt negative behaviors if not guided properly and at the right age.

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Prevalence and associated factors of sexually transmitted infections among methamphetamine users in Eastern China: a cross-sectional study

BMC Infectious Diseases ◽

10.1186/s12879-021-06987-8 ◽

2022 ◽

Vol 22 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Xing Ye ◽

Fu-Rong Li ◽

Qing Pan ◽

Zhen Li ◽

Gong-Qi Yu ◽

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Keyword(s):

Sexual Health ◽

Sexually Transmitted Infections ◽

Associated Factors ◽

Health Knowledge ◽

Eastern China ◽

Multiple Logistic Regression Analysis ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Sexually Transmitted ◽

Nucleic Acid Amplification Technology ◽

Sexual Health Knowledge

Abstract Background The reported incidence of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in China has been increasing over the last decades, especially among drug users, which has become one of the main burdens of public health in China. This study was conducted to estimate the prevalence and associated factors of STIs among non-injecting methamphetamine (MA) users in Eastern China. Methods A cross-sectional survey was conducted among 632 MA users in Eastern China in 2017. Demographic characteristics, sexual behaviors, behaviors of MA use and sexual health knowledge were collected through questionnaire. First pass urine specimens were collected and detected for deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) of Neisseria gonorrhoeae (NG) and Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) with Nucleic Acid Amplification Technology (NAAT), while blood specimens were collected and detected for antibodies of Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), Herpes simplex virus type-2 (HSV-2), and syphilis with enzyme-linked immune sorbent assay (ELISA). Results Among the 632 MA users, 464 (73.42%) were males, 60.92% were < 35 years of age, 546 (86.39%) were Shandong residents. 317 (50.16%, 95% CI 46.26–54.06%) participants were tested positive for at least one kind of STIs, including 242 (38.29%, 95% CI 34.50–42.08%) for HSV-2, 107 (16.93%, 95% CI 14.01–19.85%) for active syphilis, 46 (7.28%, 95% CI 5.25–9.31%) for treated syphilis, 40 (6.33%, 95% CI 4.43–8.23%) for CT, 6 (0.95%, 95% CI 0.19–1.71%) for HIV, and 3 (0.47%, 95% CI 0.06–1.00%) for NG infection. 99 (15.66%, 95% CI 12.83–18.49%) participants were co-infected with two kinds of STIs, including 91 (14.40%, 95% CI 11.66–17.14%) participants were co-infected with HSV-2 and syphilis. 14 (2.22%, 95% CI 1.07–3.37%) participants were co-infected with three kinds of STIs, and 4 HIV positive participants were co-infected with both syphilis and HSV-2. In the multiple logistic regression analysis, the results showed that females (adjusted OR [AOR] = 7.30, 95% CI 4.34–12.30) and individuals ≥ 35 years of age (AOR = 2.97, 95% CI 2.04–4.32) were more likely to test positive for STIs among MA users, whereas participants who acquired sexual health knowledge primarily from the Internet (AOR = 0.57, 95% CI 0.40–0.82) and those whose regular partners did not use drugs (AOR = 0.59, 95% CI 0.37–0.94) were less likely. Conclusions This study found that the prevalence of HSV-2 and syphilis are alarming high among non-injecting MA users in Shandong Province in Eastern China. The prevention and control intervention of STIs among MA users in Shandong were needed, especially on females and MA users ≥ 35 years of age.

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Exploring enablers of sexually transmitted infections among illegal gold miners in the midlands region of Zimbabwe

International Journal of Reproduction Contraception Obstetrics and Gynecology ◽

10.18203/2320-1770.ijrcog20211106 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 10 (4) ◽

pp. 1321

Author(s):

Nyanshanu Mattew ◽

Chireshe Rumbidzai ◽

Jidong Dung ◽

Nyashanu Wendy ◽

Ekpenyong Mandu Stephen

Keyword(s):

Sexual Health ◽

Sexually Transmitted Infections ◽

Health Knowledge ◽

Sub Saharan Africa ◽

Health Concern ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

Prolonged Stay ◽

Sexually Transmitted ◽

Gold Miners ◽

Sub Saharan

Background: Sub-Saharan Africa faces by far the highest rate of HIV and other Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs). Illegal mineworkers are considered at risk for HIV and sexually transmitted infections (STIs). Men are generally not receptive to health promotion messages.Methods: This study explored the enablers of sexually transmitted infections. The study utilized a qualitative approach. A total of 40 participants were recruited. Semi structured interviews were used to collect data. A thematic approach was used to analyze the data. Zimbabwe, like any other country in the sub-Saharan region of Africa, has been affected by the epidemic of HIV/AIDS and other STIs, because of poor sexual health education.Results: The study found that the enablers of STIs included poor sexual health knowledge, substance misuse, prolonged stay from family, stigma, lack of entertainment, cultural status, and poor sexual health services.Conclusions: STIs among illegal gold miners is a public health concern that needs urgent attention in many developing countries.

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DESCRIBING STI/STD AND CONDOM USE BEHAVIOR AMONG POLICE EMPLOYEES IN POLICE TRAINING COLLEGE AT SHEHDADPUR, SANGHAR, SINDH

Pakistan Journal of Public Health ◽

10.32413/pjph.v6i4.4 ◽

1970 ◽

Vol 6 (4) ◽

pp. 5-9

Author(s):

Abdul Jabbar ◽

Sheh Mureed ◽

Walid Hassan

Keyword(s):

Condom Use ◽

Sexually Transmitted Infections ◽

Latin American ◽

Police Training ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Sub Saharan Africa ◽

Sexual Practices ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Sexually Transmitted ◽

Hiv Aids

Background: STI/STD are diseases related with unsafe sexual practices or infections. It is estimated that more than 340 million new cases of curable sexually transmitted infections. Throughout the world in men and women aged15â€“49 years, with the largest proportion in the region of south and south-east Asia, Followed by sub Saharan Africa, and Latin American and the Caribbean.Objectives: To assess the perception and awareness regarding STI/STD and use of condom and to assess the barriers for condom use as prevention of STI/STD among police Employees.Methods: A cross sectional study was design to collect data from male police employees of police training college of Shahdadpur, Sanghar, aged 20 to 50 years, and total study sample was calculated to be 105. A questionnaire was developed for collection of the data, and data was analyzed by using different tools of MS-excel and SPSS 20.0 versions.Results: 90% of the participants were aware about sexually transmitted infections (STIS), 82% were also aware that to be limited only one sexual partner .75% of them were known that condom can protect from STIS. Whereas 90% of the participants believed that by sharing food with any STI patient it does not spread the disease.94% participants were aware that the STIS and HIV/AIDS can be transmitted from mother to her child during pregnancy. Overall 80% were aware about hepatitis A, B, C and HIV/AIDS and remaining 90% were unaware about other STIS.Conclusion: The study concludes that police employees has high level of knowledge about condom usage as prevention of STIs but stigma attached with usage of condoms as they feel shy by purchasing the condoms.

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La vulnerabilidad del embarazo en las trabajadoras del sexo

Revista de Obstetricia y Ginecología de Venezuela ◽

10.51288/00810109 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 81 (01) ◽

pp. 49-60

Author(s):

Mayara Lorenzo ◽

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Gustavo Goncalves ◽

Francisco Romero

Keyword(s):

American Literature ◽

Sexually Transmitted Infections ◽

Latin American ◽

Sex Workers ◽

Latin American Literature ◽

Health Sciences ◽

Phase System ◽

Sexually Transmitted ◽

Behavioral Abnormalities ◽

Recovery System

Objective: To evaluate the exposure of the mother-baby binomial to complications in sex workers. Methods: This is an integrative literature review that followed a 6-phase system. The research took place in the Virtual Health Library in the following databases: Nursing Database (BDENF- Nursing), Online Medical Literature Analysis and Recovery System (Medline), Latin American Literature of Health Sciences (LiLACS), Spanish Bibliographic Index of Health Sciences (IBECS-ES), National Center for Biotechnological Information (NCBI), SAGE Journals with the descriptors: sex workers and sexually transmitted infections, prostitution and sexually transmitted infections, prostitution and vulnerability, from March to April 2019; 105 articles were identified and were submitted to the exclusion and inclusion criteria, and 25 publications were obtained for the sample. Results: Based on the analysis of the articles the following categories were determined: sexually transmitted infections (STIs), violence and illicit or licit drugs are linked. Conclusion: Despite the limitation of sampling, the study allowed us to evaluate that the mother-baby binomial is vulnerable to several complications such as spontaneous abortion, growth restriction, premature labor, fetal and/or maternal death, prematurity, physical and behavioral abnormalities of mother and baby, and placental detachment, due to suffered violence, acquired sexually transmitted infections and used substances. Keywords: Sex workers, Pregnancy, Vulnerability.

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Assessment of sexual and reproductive health knowledge and awareness among single unmarried women living in Lebanon: a cross-sectional study

Reproductive Health ◽

10.1186/s12978-021-01079-x ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 18 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Maya Hamdanieh ◽

Louna Ftouni ◽

Bara’a Al Jardali ◽

Racha Ftouni ◽

Chaymaa Rawas ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Reproductive Health ◽

Sexually Transmitted Infections ◽

Sexual And Reproductive Health ◽

Health Knowledge ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Health Concern ◽

Sectional Study ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Sexually Transmitted ◽

Level Of Knowledge

Abstract Background Sexual and reproductive health (SRH), a globally recognized fundamental health concern and a basic human right is poorly addressed and seldom researched in the Arab world. Disregarding this aspect of health creates various obstacles to accessing SRH related services and education. This threatens the health of a female, namely through increasing the probability of unplanned pregnancies and unsafe abortions, augmenting the risk of acquiring sexually transmitted infections, and most importantly, increasing the hazard of maternal and neonatal death. Thus, this study aimed to assess the level of SRH related knowledge and awareness among single unmarried women living in Lebanon. Methods A descriptive cross-sectional study design was conducted using a self-administered questionnaire in both English and Arabic languages. The questionnaire included 9 sections; socio-demographic characteristics section, sexually transmitted infections (STIs) section, premarital tests section, vaccines section, menstruation and its abnormalities section, pregnancy symptoms and identification section, methods of contraception section, vitamins section, and honeymoon events section. The questionnaire was distributed among all Lebanese governorates to 491 single unmarried women living in Lebanon aged between 17 and 55 years. Student t-test and Chi-Square test were used to analyze results. Results It was found that only 8.8% of all the participants had adequate knowledge. The highest level of SRH related knowledge was about pregnancy (88.0%), and the least was about contraception (13.5%). Most of the knowledgeable participants lived in Beirut governorate (13.6%, n = 8) and had reached universities (10.3%, n = 41), but this was not statistically significant (p-value > 0.05). The effect of a prior visit to a gynecologist was statistically non-significant on the overall level of knowledge (p-value = 0.269). Conclusion Due to the inadequate level of knowledge, SRH education campaigns empowered by the Ministry of Public Health in collaboration with primary care physicians and gynecologists, are recommended in both the societal and academic sectors to enhance the awareness level and make SRH knowledge readily available among unmarried women aged between 17 and 55. Knowing the massive role of social media nowadays, the messages they present should contribute to enhancing the level of SRH knowledge and redirect attitudes and behaviors of unmarried females in Lebanon.

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Educational technologies on sexually transmitted infections for incarcerated women

Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem ◽

10.1590/1518-8345.4365.3392 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 28 ◽

Author(s):

Isaiane da Silva Carvalho ◽

Tatiane Gomes Guedes ◽

Simone Maria Muniz da Silva Bezerra ◽

Fábia Alexandra Pottes Alves ◽

Luciana Pedrosa Leal ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Health Education ◽

American Literature ◽

Sexually Transmitted Infections ◽

Latin American ◽

Randomized Clinical Trials ◽

Public Health Problem ◽

The United States ◽

Incarcerated Women ◽

Educational Technologies ◽

Sexually Transmitted

Objective: to analyze in the scientific literature the educational technologies on sexually transmitted infections used in health education for incarcerated women. Method: an integrative review carried out by searching for articles in the following databases: Scopus, Cumulative Index of Nursing and Allied Health, Education Resources Information Center, PsycInFO, Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System Online, Latin American Literature in Health Sciences, Cochrane, and the ScienceDirect electronic library. There were no language and time restrictions. A search strategy was developed in PubMed and later adapted to the other databases. Results: a total of 823 studies were initially identified and, after applying inclusion and exclusion criteria, eight articles were selected. Most of them were developed in the United States with a predominance of randomized clinical trials. The technologies identified were of the printed materials type, isolated or associated to simulators of genital organs, videos, and games. Conclusion: the technologies on sexually transmitted infections used in health education for incarcerated women may contribute to adherence to the prevention of this serious public health problem in the context of deprivation of liberty.

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Sexual health and education guidelines for the care of people with spina bifida

Journal of Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine ◽

10.3233/prm-200743 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 13 (4) ◽

pp. 611-619

Author(s):

Amy Houtrow ◽

Michele Roland

Keyword(s):

Spina Bifida ◽

Sexual Health ◽

Sexual Coercion ◽

Health Knowledge ◽

Unplanned Pregnancy ◽

Developmentally Appropriate ◽

World Health ◽

Fourth Edition ◽

Sexually Transmitted ◽

Sexual Health Knowledge

Sexual development is not only comprised of the changes to a person’s body during puberty; it is a part of social development and should be considered in the context of basic and routine human desires for connectedness and intimacy, beliefs, values and aspirations. As is true for everyone, it is important that individuals with spina bifida have opportunities to acquire developmentally appropriate, relevant and accurate sexual health knowledge. Those with spina bifida need to be able to negotiate sexual desire, intimacy and sexual expression. They also need education about their sexual health and how to limit the negative outcomes of sexual activity related to sexually transmitted infections, unplanned pregnancy or sexual coercion, violence, abuse or exploitation. This article discusses the Spina Bifida Sexual Health and Education Healthcare Guidelines from the 2018 Spina Bifida Association’s Fourth Edition of the Guidelines for the Care of People with Spina Bifida using the World Health Organization’s framing of sexual health and reviews the literature on sexual health and education for individuals with spina bifida.

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