Document 0159
 DOCN  M9550159
 TI    Sexual behaviour and HIV knowledge among adolescent boys in Zimbabwe.
 DT    9505
 AU    Campbell B; Mbizvo MT; Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology,
       University of Zimbabwe; Medical School, Avondale.
 SO    Cent Afr J Med. 1994 Sep;40(9):245-50. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
       MED/95136325
 AB    A study on sexual behaviour and knowledge of HIV risk was undertaken
       amongst 511 male students in Zimbabwe. The study was conducted amongst
       pupils aged 11 to 19 years drawn from urban and rural secondary schools
       using a self-administered questionnaire. Thirty seven pc of the students
       reported that they had experienced sexual intercourse, with up to 63 pc
       reporting having had more than one partner. Twenty one pc of boys aged
       12 years reported having had intercourse and the proportion increased
       with age. Knowledge about AIDS was high (93 pc) with up to 75 pc of the
       boys reporting that they received the information through the media and
       only 31 pc got it from their teachers. Logistic regression used to
       analyse reasons for variation in HIV/AIDS knowledge and of modes of its
       transmission determined that educational level, actual school attended,
       access to information from magazines and educational aspirations were
       significant predictors (p values = 0,005) of knowledge. Individual risk
       assessment was higher amongst students who reported sexual experience (p
       = 0,0001). Sixty pc of the sexually experienced boys reported having
       used condoms. Six pc of the boys reported having intercourse with a
       commercial sex worker and of these, 85 pc used condoms. Compared with
       previous studies there appeared to be a reduction in high risk
       behaviours amongst male secondary school students. However, there is
       need for increased HIV preventive information through school educational
       programmes, as increase and variation in HIV information and modes of
       transmission was seen depending on access to information.
 DE    Adolescence  *Adolescent Behavior  Child  Condoms/UTILIZATION  Human
       *HIV Infections/EPIDEMIOLOGY/PREVENTION & CONTROL/TRANSMISSION
       *Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice  Logistic Models  Male  Risk Assessment
       Risk Factors  *Sex Behavior  Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
       Zimbabwe/EPIDEMIOLOGY  JOURNAL ARTICLE

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