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ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLES |
What Do Maritime School Students In Kocaeli / Turkey Know About Sexually Transmitted Diseases? Their Sexual Behaviour And Knowledge
Dr. Tuncay Müge FİLİZ,a Dr. Ruşen TOPALLI,a Dr.Pınar TOPSEVER,a Dr.Süleyman GÖRPELİOĞLUa
aAile Hekimliği AD, Kocaeli Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, KOCAELİ
Objective: To investigate the sexual behaviour and knowledge about sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) among senior maritime school students in Kocaeli, Turkey.
Material and Methods: 193 randomly assigned senior students of Karamursel Maritime School completed a questionnaire consisting of 18 questions inquiring about their knowledge and behaviour concerning STDs (6 females (3.1%) and 187 males (96.9%); mean age 21.07 ± 1.23 years).
Results: According to the given answers,” transmission of disease" was considered the main (86.5%, n=167) risk of unsafe sex. Reference for students’ problems concerning sexual matters were mostly reported to be “friends” (32.6%, n=63). More than half of the students (63.7%, n=123) reported that they had been engaged in sexual activity; although 109 (88.60%) of them knew at least one method for prevention of STDs transmission only 66 (60.55%) of them consistently used it during their sexual activity.
Conclusion: We suggest that, the young population should be provided health education that features STDs knowledge and prevention.Keywords: Sexually transmitted diseases, adolescent, knowledge, behaviour, educationTurkiye Klinikleri J Med Sci 2004, 24:345-349
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