Shapiro J, Radecki S, Charchian A S, Josephson V
College of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, USA.
J Community Health. 1999 Feb;24(1):29-43. doi: 10.1023/a:1018713231400.
Whereas college students are not identified as a high-risk group for acquiring the HIV infection, they exhibit high-risk behaviors consistent with their age group, including multiple sexual partners and high rates of unprotected intercourse. This study was conducted to determine levels of HIV-related sexual behavior, along with knowledge and attitudes among students attending community colleges in a relatively affluent multiethnic community. This study used a random sample survey (N = 319) of students attending selected classes at four community colleges in Orange County, California, to assess HIV/AIDS knowledge, attitudes, and patterns of past and present sexual behavior. The level of student knowledge concerning HIV disease was found to be relatively high, and pronounced differences in knowledge and sexual permissiveness were identified as a function of ethnicity and religion, with Asians showing lower knowledge and lower concern about HIV, and religion/religiosity related to these variables and also to levels of sexual permissiveness. Respondents' comfort in asking a partner about his/her sexual history was positively associated with their level of self-esteem, and negatively related to peer pressure in this population. As in previous studies of college populations, HIV knowledge per se does not confer a protective effect against high-risk behavior. However, knowledge was found to be an enabling factor with regard to students' comfort levels in asking about their partner's sexual histories, and in requesting that partners take an AIDS test.
尽管大学生未被认定为感染艾滋病毒的高危人群，但他们表现出与其年龄组相符的高危行为，包括多个性伴侣和高比例的无保护性行为。本研究旨在确定在一个相对富裕的多民族社区中，社区学院学生的艾滋病毒相关性行为水平，以及他们的知识和态度。本研究采用随机抽样调查（N = 319），对加利福尼亚州奥兰治县四所社区学院所选班级的学生进行调查，以评估艾滋病毒/艾滋病知识、态度以及过去和现在的性行为模式。结果发现，学生对艾滋病毒疾病的了解程度相对较高，并且根据种族和宗教确定了知识和性开放程度存在显著差异，亚洲学生对艾滋病毒的了解较少且关注度较低，宗教/宗教虔诚度与这些变量以及性开放程度相关。受访者询问伴侣性史时的舒适度与他们的自尊水平呈正相关，而与该人群中的同伴压力呈负相关。与之前对大学生群体的研究一样，艾滋病毒知识本身并不能对高危行为起到保护作用。然而，研究发现，知识是影响学生询问伴侣性史以及要求伴侣进行艾滋病检测时舒适度的一个促成因素。
