Document 0782
 DOCN  M9470782
 TI    [School children's knowledge of, need for and use of contraception
       before and after the AIDS campaigns. Knowledge and sources of
       information]
 DT    9409
 AU    Rasmussen KL; Knudsen HJ
 SO    Ugeskr Laeger. 1994 Mar 7;156(10):1442, 1445-7. Unique Identifier :
       AIDSLINE MED/94287522
 AB    The purpose of the present paper was to investigate the influence of the
       AIDS-campaigns on adolescents' knowledge of contraception and pregnancy
       and their sources of information. All pupils in their ninth school year
       in the municipality of Viborg answered an identical questionnaire in
       1986 and 1993, dealing with the mentioned subjects. In 1986, 539
       questionnaires were included, in 1993, 391. In 1986, sexually
       inexperienced boys had lesser knowledge than the rest. This could not be
       shown in 1993. Although their knowledge was not optimal, the pupils in
       1993 answered better than the 1986-pupils. They had the same
       informational sources, but in 1993, the school was mentioned as an
       important source by nearly all. The mother, on the contrary, had
       decreasing importance as a source of information. Two thirds were
       generally satisfied by the sexual information given by the school.
       Experienced boys were significantly more often unsatisfied. It is
       concluded that the condom-orientated AIDS-campaigns have not in general
       decreased the knowledge of contraception and pregnancy among
       adolescents. Their knowledge is, however, not optimal. The school is
       extremely important as an informational source, especially if the
       importance of the parents decreases. This implies that fewer of those
       adolescents, who have left school, have adult support in dealing with
       sexual problems.
 DE    Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/PREVENTION & CONTROL  Adolescence
       Age Factors  *Contraception  Denmark  English Abstract  Female  Human
       *Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice  Male  Questionnaires  School Health
       Services  *Sex Education  JOURNAL ARTICLE

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