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ID 115752
Author
Gunchi, Mariko Kobe University
Tuliao, Maria Teresa Reyes Department of Muntinlupa Health
Ordonez, Geraldine Department of Muntinlupa Health
Hapsari, Elsi Dwi Kobe University|Universitas Gadjah Mada
Matsuo, Hiroya Kobe University
Keywords
STIs
Prevention
Out-of-school Youth
Scale
Philippines
Content Type
Journal Article
Description
The objectives of this study were to determine the knowledge and attitude toward STI prevention, and actual situation of infections (chlamydia and gonorrhea infections) among out-of-school youth in the Philippines. As many as 129 out-of-school youth age 13-20 years old were participated in this study in September 2017. A self-administered questionnaire was used to assess characteristics, knowledge of STIs; sexual behavior; counselors for sexual problems; access to the internet; concerns about STIs; coping with STI symptoms using the scenario setting; sexual risks for STIs; and opinion. The presence or absence of chlamydia and gonorrhea infections in urine was determined with using Aptima Combo 2 Assay. Data was analyzed statistically with using mean, standard deviation, percentage, Mann-Whitney U, and Chi-square. p Value of <0.05 were considered statistically significant. The subjects were concerned about STI and had basic knowledge toward STI prevention but negative attitude toward safer sex. On the urine test, ten out of 126 participants (7.9%) had positive reactions about chlamydia and three of them were co-infection with gonorrhea. Female participants were much more likely to get infected (12.8%) than male (3.2%). In conclusion, the knowledge toward STI prevention had no correlation with their attitude. Therefore, sexual education is not enough to focus on STI knowledge but also put more emphasis on practice to promote safer sexual behavior.
Journal Title
Universal Journal of Public Health
ISSN
23318880
23318945
Publisher
Horizon Research Publishing
Volume
6
Issue
6
Start Page
359
End Page
365
Published Date
2018
Rights
Copyright©2018 by authors, all rights reserved. Authors agree that this article remains permanently open access under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0 International License(https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
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eng
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