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The percent of respondents, by place of study, who expressed disbelief in the existence of common sexually transmitted infections (STIs) (out of the students that provided information for each individual STI). Only STIs with more than 20 respondents for each gender, in each country, are included in the graph. Full-size DOI: 10.7717/peerj.4362/fig-1
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Young adults have a higher risk of contracting sexually transmitted infections (STIs) than other age groups. This risk may be mediated by their social and cultural setting which can impact young adults’ awareness of, beliefs in, and risk of contracting STIs (including HIV/AIDS). In order to understand how these factors vary among young adults of di...
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... was mixed support for hypothesis (2) (Fig. 1). Among students providing information about syphilis in response to question 6 (Table 1), there was no difference in the proportion of students that disbelieved in the existence of syphilis by place of study (3.4% and 6.9% of students in Madagascar and the United States, respectively; Adjusted Wald Two Sample Test for Proportions, p = ...
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... A ocorrência de IST é maior entre jovens de 14 a 29 anos em comparação às demais faixas etárias, pois foi observado que o início da atividade sexual e o número elevado de parcerias sexuais resulta em maior exposição aos agentes infecciosos nessa faixa etária. A população universitária constitui um grupo que apresenta alta exposição aos agentes dessas doenças, uma vez que o número elevado de parcerias sexuais está relacionado à maior vulnerabilidade [3][4] . ...
... Estudos apontam que o ingresso em instituições de ensino superior pode contribuir para o aumento da vulnerabilidade de jovens às IST. Embora muitos estudantes universitários acreditem possuir o conhecimento necessário para a prevenção das IST, observa-se maior empenho relacionado aos cuidados para evitar gravidez indesejada, pela adesão ao anticoncepcional oral em detrimento do uso de preservativos [3][4][5] . ...
OBJETIVO: Analisar o comportamento sexual e a ocorrência de sífilis em estudantes da área da saúde de uma universidade pública do estado do Piauí. MÉTODO: Estudo epidemiológico, transversal, realizado no período de outubro de 2017 a fevereiro de 2018, com 357 estudantes universitários da área da saúde. Os dados foram coletados por meio de questionário, com perguntas fechadas e semiabertas, e teste rápido para Sífilis. Foram realizadas análises univariadas e bivariadas por meio da distribuição de frequências e teste exato de Fisher. Os dados foram analisados com o uso do Statistical Package for the Social Sciences. RESULTADOS: Verificou-se que 135 (37,8%) estudantes afirmaram não utilizar o preservativo em todas as relações sexuais; 200 (56,0%) foram classificados com comportamento sexual de risco; a frequência do uso de bebida alcoólica apresentou associação significativa com comportamento sexual de risco (p=0,001). Foram detectados 2 (0,6%) resultados reagentes para sífilis, ambos discentes do curso de Odontologia. CONCLUSÃO: Embora a ocorrência de sífilis nos estudantes tenha sido abaixo da esperada, a utilização de álcool previamente às relações sexuais pode comprometer práticas sexuais seguras.
... Baek et al. 2012;Jaworski & Carey, 2007;AL-Malki 2014;Samkange-Zeeb et al. 2013). In particular, the transition from high school to college is an indispensable milestone that holds the potential for behavioral changes and opportunities to engage in a variety of risky sexual behaviors; this makes young people vulnerable to the health burdens of STDs (Fromme, Corbin & Kruse 2008;Reuter, McGinnis & Reuter 2018). In a study, 50% of the sexually active college students reported no condom use during sexual intercourse; this finding highlights the role of insufficient knowledge about sexually transmitted diseases (Steinmetz 2013). ...
... Due to the disease burden of STDs, young adults need to be addressed for STD prevention and education provided by public healthcare providers (Reuter et al. 2018;Von Rosen et al. 2018). ...
Background: Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs) are among the most prevalent infectious diseases in young people. The present study assessed the knowledge of STDs among college students.
Methods: This cross-sectional descriptive study that was conducted on 345 undergraduate students at a large public university in the United States. The students were recruited by convenience sampling method. The Sexually Transmitted Disease Knowledge Questionnaire (STD-KQ) was applied in the survey. The study participants responded to the survey anonymously through the Qualtrics online portal. Descriptive statistical analyses were conducted to examine the knowledge levels of the STDs in young adults. Independent Samples t-test and Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) were used to determine the correlation between the knowledge level and demographic data of the subjects. Moreover, SPSS was used for data analysis.
Results: In total, 345 undergraduate students aged 18-22 years participated in the present study. Among them, 196 (56.8%) were male. The samples’ Mean±SD score of STD knowledge was 15.66±5.84 (out of 27 points in total). The study participants who previously received sexual education courses achieved higher knowledge scores, compared to the others.
Conclusion: The study results revealed a lack of STD knowledge in young adults. There is a need for conducting educational programs among college students to improve their understanding of STDs etiology and prevention.
... nine in South Africa [24,27,29,34,37,42,46,82,84], five in each of Ghana [19,31,65,66,68] and Ethiopia [21,73,77,78,80], four in Uganda [13,55,72,75], three in Mozambique [22,26,30], two in each of Namibia [45,76]and Cameroon [59,67], one in each of Congo [25], Sudan [33], Senegal [39], Morocco [47], Gambia [50], Tanzania [53], Madagascar [71] and Egypt [74] while a Fig 2). Heterogeneity was high in all questions (I 2 more than 80%), except for the question "Is TB associated with HIV infection?" ...
... Adolescents and young people. The study participants' age were greater than 14and less than 25 years in thirteen HIV-related included studies, representing a total population of 5,908 participants; five studies were conducted in Nigeria [14,[16][17][18]63], three in Ghana [19,31,66], two in Mozambique [26,30], and one in each of Cameroon [59], Madagascar [71]and Uganda [72]. Majority of studies were toward students and adolescents (11/13) while two studies were conducted among pregnant women. ...
... Fourteen included studies assessed the awareness of 9,446 Africans in regard to HBV, three studies were conducted in each of Nigeria [61,62,64], Cameroon [20,40,58] and Ghana [12,15,28], two in Ethiopia [32,52], one in each of Kenya, Mozambique and Madagascar [26,57,71]. The oldest among the study included was conducted in 2010 while the newest was conducted in 2016 (Table 1). ...
Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) are ambiguous burden of tremendous health, social and economic consequences. The current systematic review was conducted in order to determine awareness and knowledge of Africans toward sexually transmitted infections, not only concerning HIV/AIDS, but also other STIs such as gonorrhea, syphilis, HBV, HCV and HPV. A systematic review of literature was conducted, studies were retrieved and selected after fulfilling the inclusion criteria as well as passing the assessment procedure. Related data was extracted, quantitative analysis was conducted among participants who responded to questions related to HIV, HBV, HCV, HPV or STIs knowledge, sensitivity analysis as well as subgroup analysis were also conducted. Seventy four articles addressing knowledge among 35 African countries were included and 136 questions were analyzed and synthesized. The question "does using condom reduces HIV transmission?" was answered by 1,316,873 Africans in 35 countries, 66.8% [95% Cl; 62.6, 70.9] answered yes. While the question "is sexual contact a possible route of HBV transmission?" was answered by 7,490 participants in 5 countries; 42.5% [95% Cl; 20.4, 64.7] answered yes. The differences observed among populations are highlighting the possibility for improvement by directing light toward specific populations as well as addressing specific awareness knowledge to ensure that the general as well as the related specific preventive knowledge is improved.
... nine in South Africa [24,27,29,34,37,42,46,82,84], five in each of Ghana [19,31,65,66,68] and Ethiopia [21,73,77,78,80], four in Uganda [13,55,72,75], three in Mozambique [22,26,30], two in each of Namibia [45,76]and Cameroon [59,67], one in each of Congo [25], Sudan [33], Senegal [39], Morocco [47], Gambia [50], Tanzania [53], Madagascar [71] and Egypt [74] while a Fig 2). Heterogeneity was high in all questions (I 2 more than 80%), except for the question "Is TB associated with HIV infection?" ...
... Adolescents and young people. The study participants' age were greater than 14and less than 25 years in thirteen HIV-related included studies, representing a total population of 5,908 participants; five studies were conducted in Nigeria [14,[16][17][18]63], three in Ghana [19,31,66], two in Mozambique [26,30], and one in each of Cameroon [59], Madagascar [71]and Uganda [72]. Majority of studies were toward students and adolescents (11/13) while two studies were conducted among pregnant women. ...
... Fourteen included studies assessed the awareness of 9,446 Africans in regard to HBV, three studies were conducted in each of Nigeria [61,62,64], Cameroon [20,40,58] and Ghana [12,15,28], two in Ethiopia [32,52], one in each of Kenya, Mozambique and Madagascar [26,57,71]. The oldest among the study included was conducted in 2010 while the newest was conducted in 2016 (Table 1). ...
Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) are ambiguous burden of tremendous health, social and economic consequences, The current systematic review was conducted in order to determine awareness and knowledge of Africans of sexually transmitted infections, not only concerning HIV/AIDS, but also other STIs such as, gonorrhea, syphilis, HBV, HCV and HPV. A systematic review of the literature was conducted, studies were retrieved and selected after they fulfilled the inclusion criteria and passed the assessment procedure. related data was extracted, quantitative analysis was conducted among participants who responded to questions related to HIV, HBV, HCV, HPV or STIs knowledge, sensitivity analysis as well as subgroup analysis were also conducted. Seventy four articles addressing knowledge among 35 African countries were included and 136 questions were analyzed and synthesized. The question Using condom will reduce HIV transmission?'' was answered by 1,799,374 Africans in 35 countries, 66.82% [95% Cl; 62.65, 70.98] answered yes. While the question ''Is sexual contact a possible route of HBV transmission?'' was answered by 7,490 participants in 5 countries; 42.58% [95% Cl; 20.45, 64.71] answered yes. The differences observed among populations are highlighting the possibility for containment and control by directing light toward specific populations or countries as well as addressing specific awareness knowledge to ensure that the general as well as the related specific preventive awareness knowledge is improved.
... This conclusion was reached by Kalamar et al. 75 , who evaluated young people from low-and middle- income countries and stated that risky sexual behaviour, condom use, and sexual activity are subject to social desirability bias. The changing epidemiology of oral syphilis reflects the decreasing use of barrier methods of contraception by adolescents and young adults 76 ; moreover, these individuals have a higher risk of contracting sexually transmitted infections than those in other age groups 77 . Other authors argue that a false sense of security exists, originating from the concept that STDs are curable, and that this has led individuals to have a large number of sexual partners and also to maintain sexual promiscuity, mainly with condomless anogenital and oral sex among men who have sex with men (MSM) 10,78 . ...
The aim of this study was to describe 40 cases of acquired oral syphilis (AOS) and to discuss the distribution of demographic characteristics, clinical features, and differential diagnosis of the disease. A retrospective study was conducted covering a 17-year period at a single institution in southern Brazil. Moreover, a literature review was performed through a search of the PubMed database for articles on AOS published between 1955 and March 2018. Data were analyzed descriptively. The predominant group within the case series was male patients in their twenties. The vast majority of cases (92.5%) were in the secondary stage of the disease. The lips were the most commonly affected site, with greyish-white mucous patches and reddish ulcers. In the literature review, the largest number of reported cases came from North America. Male patients in the third and fourth decades of life were most affected. AOS occurred more commonly as mucous patches and ulcers on the tongue and palate. Similarities regarding the distribution by sex, age, and anatomical location were found in the present study when compared to cases reported elsewhere. Clinicians, oral pathologists, and maxillofacial surgeons should familiarize themselves with the variable spectrum of signs and symptoms of AOS in their clinical practice to improve diagnosis and management. © 2018 International Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
As Infecções Sexualmente Transmissíveis (ISTs) são enfermidades transmitidas prioritariamente por via sexual desprotegida. São consideradas um problema de saúde pública mundial, que apresenta grande ascensão nos últimos anos. Além disso, os universitários estão particularmente propensos a desenvolver hábitos de risco com relação a práticas sexuais. O objetivo deste trabalho é levantar a literatura existente acerca dos conhecimentos sobre as ISTs e hábitos sexuais de estudantes universitários da área da saúde. Trata-se de uma revisão bibliográfica integrativa, em que a busca de títulos foi realizada no mês de abril de 2021 nos repositórios: Pubmed, Bireme, Lilacs, Scielo e Google Acadêmico, utilizando os Descritores em Ciências da Saúde: Preservativos, Estudantes de ciências da saúde e Doenças sexualmente transmissíveis, em inglês e português. Foram pré-selecionados 53 artigos ao fim da busca, dos quais 14 estavam de acordo com os critérios de inclusão e não apresentaram nenhum dos critérios de exclusão estabelecidos para esta revisão, portanto, foram analisados. Existem discordâncias nas literaturas analisadas. Foi ressaltado o importante papel dos centros de ensino superior na educação sexual, bem como a sua relação com práticas sexuais desprotegidas. À medida que as relações se tornam mais estáveis, os indivíduos tendem a substituir o uso de preservativos por outros métodos contraceptivos, colocando as ISTs em segundo plano.
Introduction:
Knowledge about HIV/AIDS is essential for facilitating safer sexual behavior change hence crucial in controlling HIV. Therefore, in the absence of a cure for the pandemic, adequate knowledge about the virus remains the backbone of prevention efforts.
Objective:
To assess the knowledge regarding HIV/AIDS among undergraduate students at a rural university in Limpopo Province, South Africa.
Methods:
A cross-sectional descriptive quantitative survey design was conducted at a rural-based university in South Africa. A self-administered questionnaire composed of 26 questions was utilized to gather data and was analyzed using SPSS version 26. Stratified random sampling was used to select 345 students. Multiple logistic regression and chi-square tests [χ2] were employed to determine the association between HIV/AIDS knowledge and demographic variables.
Results:
The overall HIV/AIDS knowledge score of students shows [74/21%] had an insufficient level of knowledge, [126/37%] had the average ability, and [145/42%] had adequate knowledge. There was no significant difference between male and female students regarding their understanding of HIV/AIDS. Student factors such as age, level of study, the field of study, and religion were not significantly associated with HIV/AIDS knowledge. However, race was significantly associated with knowledge with coloreds and mixed races, almost six times less knowledgeable than blacks.
Conclusion:
In conclusion, students had inadequate knowledge about HIV/AIDS. Misconceptions about HIV/AIDS facts, transmission routes, and prevention aspects were also prevalent among students. The present study accentuates the need for providing students with more HIV/AIDS education to close HIV knowledge gaps and misconceptions.
This article explores both the sexual desires and pleasure in the context of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) use among gays, bisexuals and other men who have sex with men (GBMSM). Our main findings suggest that individuals were assuming notions of natural and unnatural sex, while these categories were linked to condomless sex, acquisitions of sexually transmission infections (STIs) and their perceptions of intimacy. Individuals also believed they could enhance pleasure and desire by acknowledging their inner subjectivity and societal positions associated with PrEP. We argue that the individuals play a positive and conflicting ethic towards sex while on PrEP.
