La sexualite des adolescents a l'heure du SIDA. Resultats d'une enquete aupres de 1398 apprentis vaudois. [Sexuality of adolescents in the time of AIDS. Results of a survey of 1398 students in Vaud]
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Title
La sexualite des adolescents a l'heure du SIDA. Resultats d'une enquete aupres de 1398 apprentis vaudois. [Sexuality of adolescents in the time of AIDS. Results of a survey of 1398 students in Vaud]
Journal
Revue Médicale de la Suisse Romande
ISSN
0035-3655 (Print)
Publication state
Published
Issued date
04/1989
Volume
109
Number
4
Pages
319-26
Notes
Journal Article --- Old month value: Apr
Keywords
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/prevention & control/*transmission
Adolescent
*Adolescent Behavior
Contraception Behavior
Female
Humans
Male
Questionnaires
*Sexual Behavior
Sexually Transmitted Diseases/prevention & control
Switzerland
the Society of Industry and Commerce in Lausanne were invited to view an
animated exhibit on prevention of sexually transmitted diseases and AIDS.
3 months later, a self-administered 12-item multiple choice questionnaire
was distributed to a representative sample of students at the school and
to students at a similar vocational school not exposed to the preventive
intervention. This work presents a descriptive analysis of the knowledge
of sexually transmitted diseases, attitudes toward condom use, and sexual
behavior of a sample of 1398 students aged 16-19 at the 2 schools. 1009
male and 350 female students returned usable questionnaires. The
preponderance of males was explained by the type of mainly manual
professional training offered at the schools. 2/3 of the students lived
in Lausanne or other urban areas. 10% were found to be well informed, 70%
relatively well informed, and 20% poorly informed about AIDS and other
sexually transmitted diseases. 75-98% responded correctly to a list of
questions about transmission modes of HIV infection, a higher proportion
than found in American studies of comparable cohorts. 94% of males and
76% of females had handled condoms and 58% of males and 17% of females had
bought them, but only 23% of males and 10% of females used them regularly.
76% of males and 66% of females were sexually active, by age 19, over 90%
of both sexes were sexually active. 20% of males and 40% of females had 1
partner. 40% of the sample had 2-4 partners, and 40% of males and 20% of
females had 5 or more partners. 45% of males and 63% of females had used
contraception since their 1st sexual relation, but 20% of males and 13% of
females had never used contraception. There was no significant difference
in attitude toward condoms or in condom use between respondents with
different numbers of partners. The data indicate that these students are
well informed on the whole about the transmission of AIDS and other
sexually transmitted diseases, but that they have difficulty in putting
their knowledge into practice. The figures should be interpreted
cautiously and limitations in the representativeness of the sample and in
the survey methodology should be kept in mind. Individual counseling by
physicians treating adolescents and preventive actions in schools and
elsewhere should be intensified to help adolescents modify their behavior
and make it more congruent with their level of knowledge.
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