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Study Protocol: 6th National Survey of Australian Secondary Students and Adolescent Sexual Health, 2018
Introduction: Since 1992 the Australian Government has funded a periodic national survey of HIV and Sexually Transmissible Infection (STI) knowledge and sexual risk behavior among secondary school students. Adolescents continue to be a priority population in public health efforts to reduce rates of...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6714884/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31508403 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2019.00217 |
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author | Fisher, Christopher Mikolajczak, Gosia Ezer, Paulina Kerr, Lucille Bellamy, Rosalind Brown, Graham Waling, Andrea Lucke, Jayne |
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description | Introduction: Since 1992 the Australian Government has funded a periodic national survey of HIV and Sexually Transmissible Infection (STI) knowledge and sexual risk behavior among secondary school students. Adolescents continue to be a priority population in public health efforts to reduce rates of STIs in Australia. The purpose of the survey is to inform progress on national strategic sexual health priorities. The results are used by federal and state/territory government agencies, youth-serving community organizations and health educators to improve knowledge, promote healthy sexual behaviors and target educational efforts aimed at communicating public health messages to young people. Materials and Equipment: The 6th survey entitled the “National Survey of Secondary Students and Adolescent Sexual Health” was conducted online in 2018 among 14–18 year olds living in Australia. The anonymous self-complete survey contained up to 286 items assessing three primary domains of knowledge, behaviors and education experiences. Factual knowledge measures covered HIV transmission and STI knowledge around transmission and prevention covering gonorrhea, Chlamydia, syphilis, hepatitis, herpes, and HPV. Behavioral measures examined perceived susceptibility, peer norms, protective behaviors, age of onset for various behaviors, reasons for not being sexually active yet, and/or sexual histories with additional detail on most recent sexual event. The 6th survey was completed by 8,400 Australian adolescents a represents a broad cross-section by age, gender, year in school, type of school (e.g., government, Catholic), and state/territory which closely matched census data on these strata. The one-of-a-kind survey instrument, grounded in public health theories, may prove valuable for public health researchers. Expected Impact of the Study on Public Health: Findings from the 6th National Survey of Secondary Students and Adolescent Sexual Health will contribute important insights into current knowledge, behaviors and educational experiences of young people. Results, similar to previous iterations of the survey, will inform public health practitioners, policymakers, educators, and advocates for the sexual health and well-being of young Australians. Results may assist sexual health services to align with broader public health goals articulated in the national HIV and STI strategies aimed to reduce the burden of disease and improve the quality of sexual lives of young Australians. |
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spelling | pubmed-67148842019-09-10 Study Protocol: 6th National Survey of Australian Secondary Students and Adolescent Sexual Health, 2018 Fisher, Christopher Mikolajczak, Gosia Ezer, Paulina Kerr, Lucille Bellamy, Rosalind Brown, Graham Waling, Andrea Lucke, Jayne Front Public Health Public Health Introduction: Since 1992 the Australian Government has funded a periodic national survey of HIV and Sexually Transmissible Infection (STI) knowledge and sexual risk behavior among secondary school students. Adolescents continue to be a priority population in public health efforts to reduce rates of STIs in Australia. The purpose of the survey is to inform progress on national strategic sexual health priorities. The results are used by federal and state/territory government agencies, youth-serving community organizations and health educators to improve knowledge, promote healthy sexual behaviors and target educational efforts aimed at communicating public health messages to young people. Materials and Equipment: The 6th survey entitled the “National Survey of Secondary Students and Adolescent Sexual Health” was conducted online in 2018 among 14–18 year olds living in Australia. The anonymous self-complete survey contained up to 286 items assessing three primary domains of knowledge, behaviors and education experiences. Factual knowledge measures covered HIV transmission and STI knowledge around transmission and prevention covering gonorrhea, Chlamydia, syphilis, hepatitis, herpes, and HPV. Behavioral measures examined perceived susceptibility, peer norms, protective behaviors, age of onset for various behaviors, reasons for not being sexually active yet, and/or sexual histories with additional detail on most recent sexual event. The 6th survey was completed by 8,400 Australian adolescents a represents a broad cross-section by age, gender, year in school, type of school (e.g., government, Catholic), and state/territory which closely matched census data on these strata. The one-of-a-kind survey instrument, grounded in public health theories, may prove valuable for public health researchers. Expected Impact of the Study on Public Health: Findings from the 6th National Survey of Secondary Students and Adolescent Sexual Health will contribute important insights into current knowledge, behaviors and educational experiences of young people. Results, similar to previous iterations of the survey, will inform public health practitioners, policymakers, educators, and advocates for the sexual health and well-being of young Australians. Results may assist sexual health services to align with broader public health goals articulated in the national HIV and STI strategies aimed to reduce the burden of disease and improve the quality of sexual lives of young Australians. Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-08-22 /pmc/articles/PMC6714884/ /pubmed/31508403 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2019.00217 Text en Copyright © 2019 Fisher, Mikolajczak, Ezer, Kerr, Bellamy, Brown, Waling and Lucke. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Public Health Fisher, Christopher Mikolajczak, Gosia Ezer, Paulina Kerr, Lucille Bellamy, Rosalind Brown, Graham Waling, Andrea Lucke, Jayne Study Protocol: 6th National Survey of Australian Secondary Students and Adolescent Sexual Health, 2018 |
title | Study Protocol: 6th National Survey of Australian Secondary Students and Adolescent Sexual Health, 2018 |
title_full | Study Protocol: 6th National Survey of Australian Secondary Students and Adolescent Sexual Health, 2018 |
title_fullStr | Study Protocol: 6th National Survey of Australian Secondary Students and Adolescent Sexual Health, 2018 |
title_full_unstemmed | Study Protocol: 6th National Survey of Australian Secondary Students and Adolescent Sexual Health, 2018 |
title_short | Study Protocol: 6th National Survey of Australian Secondary Students and Adolescent Sexual Health, 2018 |
title_sort | study protocol: 6th national survey of australian secondary students and adolescent sexual health, 2018 |
topic | Public Health |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6714884/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31508403 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2019.00217 |
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