Sexual and reproductive health service needs of university/college students: updates from a survey in Shanghai, China / 亚洲男科学杂志(英文版)
Asian Journal of Andrology
; (6): 607-615, 2008.
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in En
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ABSTRACT
<p><b>AIM</b>To promote the provision of reproductive health services to young people by exploring the attitudes and perceptions of university students in Shanghai, China, toward reproductive health.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>From July 2004 to May 2006, 5 243 students from 14 universities in Shanghai took part in our survey. Topics covered the demands of reproductive health-care services, attitudes towards and experience with sex, exposure to pornographic material, and knowledge on sexual health and sexually transmitted infections (STIs)/AIDS.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>Of the 5 067 students who provided valid answer sheets, 50.05% were female and 49.95% were male, 14.86% were medical students, and 85.14% had non-medical backgrounds. A total of 38.4% of respondents had received reproductive health education previously. The majority of students supported school-based reproductive health education, and also acquired information about sex predominantly from books, schoolmates, and the Internet. Premarital sexual behavior was opposed by 17.7% of survey participants, and 37.5% could identify all the three types of STIs listed in the questionnaire. Although 83.7% knew how HIV is transmitted, only 55.7% knew when to use a condom and 57.8% knew that the use of condoms could reduce the risk of HIV infection.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>The reproductive health service is lagging behind current attitudes and demands of university students. Although students' attitudes towards sexual matters are liberal, their knowledge about reproductive health and STIs/AIDS is still limited. It is therefore necessary to provide effective and confidential reproductive health services to young people.</p>
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Main subject:
Perception
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Sexual Behavior
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Student Health Services
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Universities
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Attitude to Health
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Sexually Transmitted Diseases
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HIV Infections
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China
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Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
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Surveys and Questionnaires
Type of study:
Qualitative_research
Limits:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
En
Journal:
Asian Journal of Andrology
Year:
2008
Type:
Article