Correlates of Knowledge about Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs) among Youths in Nepal

Abstract

Cross sectional and nationally representative sample drawn from Nepal Adolescent and Youth Survey 2011, this

Knowledge of sexually transmitted infections and its associated factors among polytechnic college students in southwest Ethiopia

“…Getting information from mass media (Television/Radio) was significantly associated with having good knowledge about STIs. This finding is consistent with previous studies done in Tanzania, Nepal, and Vietnam [ 5 , 18 , 34 ]. The authors acknowledge some limitation of the study, the nature of the study design may not show a cause-and-effect relationship.…”

“…Respondents with increased academic years were associated with having good knowledge about STIs. This study was consistent with a study conducted in Nepal [ 21 , 34 ]. This could be because of the higher level of education related to more knowledge about STIs.…”

“…Several studies have been conducted worldwide regarding knowledge about STIs and reported that 74.7% in India [ 15 ], 92.4% in Nigeria [ 16 ], 89.9% in Brazil [ 17 ], 98% in Tanzania [ 18 ], 88.5% in Jimma, Ethiopia [ 19 ], 79% in Dhaka, Bangladesh [ 20 ], 86.6% in Malaysia [ 21 ], 74% medical and 61.6% non-medical university students in Pakistan [ 22 ], 83.1% in Turkey [ 23 ], 68.3% in Klang Valley, Malaysia [ 24 ], 27% in Udupi Taluk, India [ 25 ], and 70.1% in northern Cape Province, South Africa [ 26 ] of the respondents had good knowledge of STIs. The factors that influence knowledge of STIs are diverse and include age, sex, residence, marital status, academic year, and acquiring information from friends/internet and mass media [ 5 , 18 , 27 - 34 ].…”