Nkomazana Njabulo, Maharaj Pranitha
a PhD Candidate at the School of Built Environment and Development Studies , University of KwaZulu-Natal , Durban , Republic of South Africa.
SAHARA J. 2014;11(1):42-50. doi: 10.1080/17290376.2014.886082. Epub 2014 Jun 12.
The study sought to establish university students' perceptions of risk of HIV infections. A cross-sectional survey was conducted on 345 sexually active students at two universities in Zimbabwe (one state and one private). Results revealed that above a quarter of the respondents felt at risk of getting HIV due to their regular partners' sexual behaviours and more than half felt at risk of getting HIV due to their casual partners' sexual behaviours. In addition, a third of the respondents acknowledged the HIV risk due to their own sexual behaviours. More state university respondents felt exposed to HIV infections due to own sexual behaviours than their private university counterparts. Despite these revelations, only 66.56% had earlier thought of their chances of getting infected with HIV. Personal HIV risk perceptions were low, reported by 27.76% of the sexually active respondents. Almost all respondents described their fellows' sexual behaviours as either risky or very risky.
该研究旨在确定大学生对感染艾滋病毒风险的认知。对津巴布韦两所大学（一所公立大学和一所私立大学）的345名有性行为的学生进行了横断面调查。结果显示，超过四分之一的受访者因固定性伴侣的性行为而感到有感染艾滋病毒的风险，超过一半的受访者因临时性伴侣的性行为而感到有感染艾滋病毒的风险。此外，三分之一的受访者承认因其自身的性行为而存在感染艾滋病毒的风险。与私立大学的受访者相比，公立大学中更多的受访者认为因其自身的性行为而有感染艾滋病毒的风险。尽管有这些发现，但只有66.56%的人曾考虑过自己感染艾滋病毒的可能性。27.76%有性行为的受访者表示个人对感染艾滋病毒风险的认知较低。几乎所有受访者都将其同伴的性行为描述为有风险或风险很大。
