Document 0781
 DOCN  M9470781
 TI    [School children's knowledge of, need for and use of contraception
       before and after the AIDS campaigns. Sexual activity and contraception
       habits]
 DT    9409
 AU    Rasmussen KL; Knudsen HJ
 SO    Ugeskr Laeger. 1994 Mar 7;156(10):1447-8, 1451. Unique Identifier :
       AIDSLINE MED/94287523
 AB    The purpose of the present investigation was to evaluate changes in
       contraceptional habits or sexual activity among adolescents as a
       consequence of the AIDS-campaigns. In 1986 and 1993 all pupils in their
       ninth school year in the municipality of Viborg answered an identical
       questionnaire concerning the mentioned subjects. Both in 1986 and 1993
       one third had had sexual intercourse, and one seventh had had their
       sexual debut before the age of 15. There were significantly more condom
       users at the first coitus in 1993 and fewer pill users. The proportion
       of unprotected intercourse did not differ. More pupils had had
       experience using condoms in 1993, but, as in 1986, nearly half of the
       girls had used coitus interruptus or safe periods. The proportion of
       girls who had had intercourse within a week of answering the
       questionnaire increased from 26% to 42%, indicating a more sexually
       active population of girls. It is concluded that the increased sexual
       activity, the fewer pill users and the persisting large proportion of
       un- or low-protected intercourse may result in more unintended
       pregnancies. The coincident use of pill and condom should be encouraged.
 DE    Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/PREVENTION & CONTROL  Adolescence
       Age Factors  *Contraception Behavior  Denmark  English Abstract  Female
       Human  *Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice  Male  Questionnaires  *Sex
       Behavior  Sex Education  Support, Non-U.S. Gov't  JOURNAL ARTICLE

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