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dc.contributor.authorEgger, Matthiases_ES
dc.contributor.authorFerrie, Janees_ES
dc.contributor.authorGorter, Annaes_ES
dc.contributor.authorGonzález, Silviaes_ES
dc.contributor.authorGutiérrez, Robertoes_ES
dc.contributor.authorPauw, Johannaes_ES
dc.contributor.authorSmith, George Daveyes_ES
dc.date.accessioned2016-03-05T18:55:54Z
dc.date.available2016-03-05T18:55:54Z
dc.date.issued1993es_ES
dc.identifier.urihttps://iris.paho.org/handle/10665.2/26979
dc.description.abstractIn 1990, the AIDS-related knowledge, attitudes, and practices of fifth year (final year) students at four Managuan high schools were assessed. This was done by means of a self administered questionnaire completed by 451 students (155 males, 296 females) whose mean age was 18 years. Eighty-six percent of the subjects knew AIDS was transmitted sexually, but the percentage aware of other transmission pathways and effective preventive measures were much lower. Use of condoms was cited as a preventive measure by 41 percent of the students, but by significantly more male respondents than female respondents (55 percent of the males versus 33 percent of the females, p = 0.0001). Sixty-four percent of all the survey subjects (90 percent of the males, 50 percent of the females) reported experiencing sexual intercourse. Sixty percent of the respondents were "very much" worried about AIDS, but only 23 percent considered themselves at risk of contracting the disease. Among the sexually active students, 29 percent of the respondents (38 percent of the male but only 7 percent of the females, p = 0.001) indicated a change in sexual behavior because of AIDS. Reported behavior change was strongly associated with concern about AIDS, but the association between reported behavior change and perception of personal risk was weak. Overall, the survey indicated that knowledge about transmission and prevention of AIDS among Managuan high school students was insufficent, especially among females, indicating a need for health education including interventions specially targeted a female youthen_US
dc.description.abstractThis article will also be published in Spanish in the Bol. Oficina Sanit. Panam. Vol. 117(1):12-21, 1994en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesBulletin of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO);27(4),1993en_US
dc.subjectAcquired Immunodeficiency Syndromees_ES
dc.subjectHealth Knowledge, Attitudes, Practiceen_US
dc.subjectHealth Educationen_US
dc.subjectStudentses_ES
dc.subjectNicaraguaes_ES
dc.subjectEpidemiological Surveillancees_ES
dc.titleHIV/AIDS-related knowledge, attitudes, and practices among Managuan secondary school studentsen_US
dc.typeJournal articlesen_US
dc.rights.holderPan American Health Organizationen_US


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