在高等教育机构影响女学生使用避孕套的个人因素
Danelia M McCarthy1, Rehanna T Felix, Talitha Crowley
1Department of Nursing and Midwifery, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town. daneliamccarthy@gmail.com.
African journal of primary health care & family medicine
|March 1, 2024
概括
在南非女学生中,一致的避孕套使用率很低. 加强对避孕套使用和自我有效性的教育,可以改善性传播感染 (STIs) 和意外怀孕的预防.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 性生殖健康 性生殖健康
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
背景情况:
- 在南非的女学生中,经常使用安全套的比例很低.
- 个人因素,如性生殖健康知识,态度,风险感知和自我效能等,可能会影响避孕套的使用.
- 了解这些因素对于开发有效的性健康干预措施至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 调查影响女学生使用避孕套的个人因素.
- 在这个人口群体中确定一致使用避孕套的关键决定因素.
主要方法:
- 在南非北开普省的一所高等教育机构使用了一种定量,描述性的调查设计.
- 从385名参与者收集了数据,使用自行管理的问卷.
- 使用SPSS版本28进行统计分析.
主要成果:
- 64.9%的参与者使用避孕套来预防怀孕,性传播疾病和艾滋病毒.
- 虽然对安全性行为的态度是积极的,但风险感知很低.
- 32.2%的人报告一致使用避孕套,45.3%的人不一致或从未使用避孕套.
- 一贯使用显著增加了避孕套谈判的可能性 (9.14倍),以及对避孕套应用的信心 (8.05倍).
结论:
- 女学生的避孕套使用率处于平均水平.
- 预防策略应侧重于加强避孕套使用教育和自我有效性.
- 赋予年轻女性知识和信心,以实现更安全的性行为是必不可少的.
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