HIV/AIDS Knowledge and Sexual Behavior Among High School Students

Anderson, John E.; Kann, Laura; Holtzman, Deborah; Arday, Susan; Truman, Ben; Kolbe, Lloyd J.

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“…In addition, 23.3% of the students who ever had sex reported that they never used a condom when they had sexual intercourse. 9 IV drug use has also been reported in surveys of youth, but the extent and nature of illicit drug-injection behavior among adolescents has not been well studied. Surveys of IV drug use in relatively small or geographically limited populations of adolescents have shown considerable variation in rates, ranging from 0.1 to 6.3%.…”

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HIV instruction, HIV knowledge, and drug injection among high school students in the United States.

Holtzman

Anderson²,

Kann³

et al. 1991

Am J Public Health

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BACKGROUND. The prevalence of HIV-related behaviors and determinants of these behaviors among adolescents in the United States have not been well studied. METHODS. To determine the prevalence of HIV-related drug behaviors and to assess the effects of HIV-related school-based instruction and HIV knowledge on these behaviors, data were analyzed from a 39-item, self-administered questionnaire completed by a probability sample of all students in grades 9 through 12 in the United States. RESULTS. Usable responses were obtained from 8098 students. Of these, 2.7% (95% confidence interval [CI] = 2.3-3.2) and 1.7% (95% CI = 1.3-2.1) reported injecting illicit drugs ever and during the past year, respectively. Corresponding prevalences of needle sharing were 0.8% (95% CI = 0.5-1.1) and 0.5% (95% CI = 0.3-0.7). Regression analysis revealed that students with higher knowledge scores were less likely and males more likely to have ever injected drugs. HIV knowledge was similarly associated with other outcome measures of drug-injection behavior. Although HIV instruction did not directly influence drug-injection behavior independently of demographic characteristics, it was positively associated with HIV knowledge. CONCLUSIONS. While these results do not establish a causal relationship, they suggest that HIV knowledge and school-based instruction may play a role in maintaining low levels of drug-injection behavior among high school students.

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“…The sampling frame, which consisted of all US public-and private-school students in grades 9 by the questionnaire: demographic characteristics, HIV instruction, HIV attitudes, HIV knowledge, and HIV-related risk behaviors. Variables used in the current analysis are descnbed in more detail below.…”

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HIV instruction, HIV knowledge, and drug injection among high school students in the United States.

Holtzman

Anderson²,

Kann³

et al. 1991

Am J Public Health

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“…Several recent studies have investigated the extent to which adolescents in the United States engage in behaviors that place them at risk for HIV infection. [1][2][3][4][5] Although a few studies have tried to assess changes in these behaviors over time, their findings have been limited. "…”

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Changes in HIV-related information sources, instruction, knowledge, and behaviors among US high school students, 1989 and 1990.

Holtzman

Lowry²,

Kann³

et al. 1994

Am J Public Health

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OBJECTIVES. Few data have been available among adolescents to determine behavioral changes that may prevent human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. This analysis examines changes in the prevalence of self-reported HIV-related information sources, instruction, knowledge, and behaviors among high school students in the United States. METHODS. Two independent, multistage national probability samples of students in grades 9 through 12 were surveyed in 1989 (n = 8098) and 1990 (n = 11,631) with self-administered, anonymous questionnaires that included similar items. RESULTS. Compared with students surveyed in 1989, a significantly greater proportion of students surveyed in 1990 had received HIV instruction in school. Significant decreases were found in the proportion of White and female students who reported having had sexual intercourse, in the proportion of White students reporting two or more lifetime sex partners, and in the proportion of 15- and 16-year-olds, White students, and female students who reported having had four or more lifetime sex partners. For both years, students who had a greater level of HIV knowledge were less likely to have had multiple lifetime sex partners or to have injected illicit drugs. CONCLUSIONS. The findings suggest that school-based HIV education and knowledge may be contributing factors in reducing certain risk behaviors that can lead to HIV transmission among secondary school youth.

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“…Many beliefs related to AIDS put adolescents at risk for exposure to the HIV virus. For example, 12% of a national sample believed that birth control pills provide some protection against HIV infection, and 23% believed that one can tell whether a person has AIDS by looking at them (Anderson et al, 1990). In addition, Tatum (1988) contended that adolescents often associate HIV/AIDS with gays and bisexuals ("the gay disease") , which frequently leads to homophobia (fear and mistrust of gays and lesbians).…”

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HIV/AIDS Knowledge and Sexual Behavior Among High School Students

Cited by 101 publications

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HIV instruction, HIV knowledge, and drug injection among high school students in the United States.

HIV instruction, HIV knowledge, and drug injection among high school students in the United States.

Changes in HIV-related information sources, instruction, knowledge, and behaviors among US high school students, 1989 and 1990.

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