title: [Sexual risk behaviour of nursing students. A cross-sectional study at nursing schools in Saxony-Anhalt].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This work describes the sexual risk behaviour of nursing students.
  
  
  METHODS
  22 of 23 state-approved nursing schools in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, participated in this cross-sectional study (study period 7/2005-5/2006). Participation was voluntarily and anonymous.
  
  
  RESULTS
  More male than female students (59.6% vs. 44.8%) used condoms to prevent STIs. More female students (58.9% vs. 43.4%) reported constant partnership with just one partner as an STI prevention method (chi² test, p<0.005). 29.6% of the nursing students reported >1 sexual partner in the past 12 months. 3.9% of the students demanded an HIV test from the partner, 69.3% had never tested themselves for HIV. 10.2% used no prevention against STIs.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Nursing students should be sensitised for sexual risk behaviour and STIs. This should be included in the content of teaching throughout the education, not least since nursing students are multiplicators and have an influence on health behaviour of the patients.
authors.affiliation: Bereich Allgemeinmedizin, Medizinische Klinik III, Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus der TU Dresden.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Riemenschneider
authors.affiliation: Krankenpflegeschule des Klinikums Dorothea Christiane Erxleben, Quedlinburg.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hirsch
authors.affiliation: Bereich Allgemeinmedizin, Medizinische Klinik III, Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus der TU Dresden.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bartels
authors.affiliation: Bereich Allgemeinmedizin, Medizinische Klinik III, Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus der TU Dresden.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kämpfe
authors.affiliation: Bereich Allgemeinmedizin, Medizinische Klinik III, Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus der TU Dresden.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Voigt
authors.affiliation: Lehrstuhl Gesundheitswissenschaften/Public Health der Medizinischen Fakultät Carl, Gustav Carus der TU Dresden.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kugler
authors.affiliation: Bereich Allgemeinmedizin, Medizinische Klinik III, Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus der TU Dresden.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bergmann
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D003267:Contraception / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany / Q000453:epidemiology; D057220:Health Literacy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012309:Risk-Taking; D012579:Schools, Nursing / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D017678:Sex Distribution; D012725:Sexual Behavior / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012749:Sexually Transmitted Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*