Knowledge of sexually transmitted infections and risky behaviours: a survey among high school and university students

INTRODUCTION: STIs are a serious public health problem. Worldwide, 500 million people a year acquire a STI, and young are the most affected. METHODS: This study was conducted administering an anonymous questionnaire to 1228 Sicilian students of high school and university. RESULTS: The students had v...

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Autores principales: VISALLI, G., COSENZA, B., MAZZÙ, F., BERTUCCIO, M.P., SPATARO, P., PELLICANÒ, G.F., DI PIETRO, A., PICERNO, I., FACCIOLÀ, A.
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6614571/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31312737
http://dx.doi.org/10.15167/2421-4248/jpmh2019.60.2.1079
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author VISALLI, G.
COSENZA, B.
MAZZÙ, F.
BERTUCCIO, M.P.
SPATARO, P.
PELLICANÒ, G.F.
DI PIETRO, A.
PICERNO, I.
FACCIOLÀ, A.
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description INTRODUCTION: STIs are a serious public health problem. Worldwide, 500 million people a year acquire a STI, and young are the most affected. METHODS: This study was conducted administering an anonymous questionnaire to 1228 Sicilian students of high school and university. RESULTS: The students had variable understanding of STIs and their complications. The results demonstrate an extreme variability in the knowledge of STIs. Multiple linear regression showed that sexual health knowledge was associated with age and sexual orientation. CONCLUSIONS: Our results show that knowledge of STIs is poor and inadequate. This finding can put students at risk of STIs.
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spelling pubmed-66145712019-07-16 Knowledge of sexually transmitted infections and risky behaviours: a survey among high school and university students VISALLI, G. COSENZA, B. MAZZÙ, F. BERTUCCIO, M.P. SPATARO, P. PELLICANÒ, G.F. DI PIETRO, A. PICERNO, I. FACCIOLÀ, A. J Prev Med Hyg Original Article INTRODUCTION: STIs are a serious public health problem. Worldwide, 500 million people a year acquire a STI, and young are the most affected. METHODS: This study was conducted administering an anonymous questionnaire to 1228 Sicilian students of high school and university. RESULTS: The students had variable understanding of STIs and their complications. The results demonstrate an extreme variability in the knowledge of STIs. Multiple linear regression showed that sexual health knowledge was associated with age and sexual orientation. CONCLUSIONS: Our results show that knowledge of STIs is poor and inadequate. This finding can put students at risk of STIs. Pacini editore srl 2019-06-28 /pmc/articles/PMC6614571/ /pubmed/31312737 http://dx.doi.org/10.15167/2421-4248/jpmh2019.60.2.1079 Text en ©2019 Pacini Editore SRL, Pisa, Italy http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0), which permits for noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any digital medium, provided the original work is properly cited and is not altered in any way. For details, please refer to https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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COSENZA, B.
MAZZÙ, F.
BERTUCCIO, M.P.
SPATARO, P.
PELLICANÒ, G.F.
DI PIETRO, A.
PICERNO, I.
FACCIOLÀ, A.
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title_short Knowledge of sexually transmitted infections and risky behaviours: a survey among high school and university students
title_sort knowledge of sexually transmitted infections and risky behaviours: a survey among high school and university students
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6614571/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31312737
http://dx.doi.org/10.15167/2421-4248/jpmh2019.60.2.1079
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