[Knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding sexually transmitted diseases among students in 3 high schools in Cassino].
In order to plan a health education programme in high schools in Southern Latium, a survey on knowledge, attitude and behaviour about Sexually Transmitted Diseases and AIDS was carried out among students of three high schools in Cassino. An anonymous, self-administered questionnaire was submitted to all students of the last two years in those schools. The results show a good knowledge of Cassino's students about HIV transmission, in similar or higher proportion respect to analogous surveys conducted in Italy or abroad. We found a good knowledge only about AIDS, Herpes genitalis and Syphilis, while knowledge about Hepatitis B, Condyloma acuminatum and Gonorrhoea is not satisfactory. Considering that 38% of male and 17% of female students declared to have already had their first sexual intercourse, the results suggest that there is a strong need to implement an educational intervention on sexuality and STD.
La Torre
G
G
Cattedra di Igiene, Università degli Studi di Cassino, Via Bari 8, 03043 Cassino FR. latorre@unicas.it
De Vito
E
E
Martellucci
L
L
Langiano
E
E
Ricciardi
G
G
D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000635:transmission; D006266:Health Education; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D008297:Male; D012736:Sex Education; D012725:Sexual Behavior / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012747:Sexual Partners; D012749:Sexually Transmitted Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires