Awareness, knowledge level, and misconceptions about sexually transmitted infections among secondary school students in brunei darussalam.
This study assessed the
awareness, knowledge, and misconceptions among secondary school students on
STI. Overall, awareness was poor but better among male students and those in
the Pure Science academic streaming. Similarly, the knowledge level of STI was
also poor: low level (63.0%), moderate level (34.4%), and high level (2.6%). Male
students (p=0.014) and Pure Science academic streaming students (p<0.001) scored
better. There were misconceptions, but poor knowledge was predominant. Common
sources of information were teachers, health professionals, Internet, parents
and TV programs. Based on our study, more needs to be done to improve the
awareness and knowledge level of STI, and detailed inclusion into the educational
curriculum may be a consideration.
PMID: 29642301 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health - Category: Tropical Medicine Tags: Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health Source Type: research
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