James S, Reddy S P, Taylor M, Jinabhai C C
National Health Promotion Research and Development Group, Medical Research Council, Cape Town, South Africa.
Acta Paediatr. 2004 Feb;93(2):264-9.
To determine the baseline data of secondary school students in the Midlands district of Kwa-Zulu, Natal, South Africa. The data provide details of students' knowledge about sexually transmitted infections (STIs) including HIV and AIDS, spread, prevention, how they can protect themselves from contracting an STI, their general awareness and sources of information, their perceptions of their vulnerability and their sexual practices.
A cross-sectional study was carried out among 1113 grade 11 students in 19 randomly allocated secondary schools. Data were collected through structured questionnaires and analysed using the SPSS software package.
The results confirm that knowledge levels were high for causes and spread of STIs and the participants were well informed about issues relating to protection against STIs and seeking treatment. However, there was significant deviation in reported behaviours.
This discrepancy between awareness and behaviour calls for a reorientation of sexuality education to include those elements critical for behavioural change, such as addressing gender discrepancies and promoting skills for communication through planned intervention programmes.
确定南非夸祖鲁 - 纳塔尔省中部地区中学生的基线数据。这些数据提供了学生关于性传播感染（包括艾滋病毒和艾滋病）的知识细节，如传播途径、预防方法、如何保护自己免受性传播感染、他们的总体认识和信息来源、对自身易感性的看法以及他们的性行为。
在19所随机分配的中学对1113名11年级学生进行了横断面研究。通过结构化问卷收集数据，并使用SPSS软件包进行分析。
结果证实，学生对性传播感染的病因和传播途径知识水平较高，并且参与者对与预防性传播感染和寻求治疗相关的问题了解充分。然而，报告的行为存在显著偏差。
这种认识与行为之间的差异要求对性教育进行重新定位，纳入对行为改变至关重要的要素，例如解决性别差异问题以及通过有计划的干预项目提高沟通技巧。
