Ritter Todd, Dore Anne, McGeechan Kevin
Family Planning New South Wales.
Sydney School of Public Health, University of Sydney, New South Wales.
Aust N Z J Public Health. 2015 Jun;39(3):267-9. doi: 10.1111/1753-6405.12367. Epub 2015 Apr 22.
To investigate correlates of contraceptive knowledge and attitudes and describe differences in contraceptive knowledge by contraceptive category among young people in New South Wales.
A total of 119 young people aged 14 to 24, recruited from youth centres, completed a contraceptive knowledge and attitude survey.
Overall contraceptive knowledge was low. Females had significantly better knowledge than males. There was high knowledge about condoms and withdrawal and low knowledge about shorter-term hormonal methods (oral contraceptive pill and vaginal ring) and long-acting reversible contraceptive (LARC) methods. Nearly half of respondents agreed that 'contraceptives make sex seem less romantic', while 58% agreed that 'contraceptives are difficult to use'. Despite this, both genders had positive attitudes to contraception, with females' attitudes significantly more positive than males.
While young people, particularly young women, expressed attitudes conducive to contraceptive use, many are unaware of basic facts about methods, including highly effective LARC. Our findings reflect the modest reproductive and sexual health education received by Australian young people and cultural norms of condoms and oral contraceptives as default methods and highlight the need to improve knowledge, among young men, in particular, about the most effective contraceptive methods.
调查新南威尔士州年轻人避孕知识和态度的相关因素，并按避孕类别描述年轻人避孕知识的差异。
从青年中心招募了119名年龄在14至24岁之间的年轻人，他们完成了一项避孕知识和态度调查。
总体避孕知识水平较低。女性的知识水平明显高于男性。对避孕套和体外射精的了解程度较高，而对短期激素避孕方法（口服避孕药和阴道环）以及长效可逆避孕方法（LARC）的了解程度较低。近一半的受访者同意“避孕药会让性行为看起来不那么浪漫”，而58%的人同意“避孕药使用起来很困难”。尽管如此，两性对避孕都持积极态度，女性的态度明显比男性更积极。
虽然年轻人，尤其是年轻女性，表达了有利于使用避孕药具的态度，但许多人并不了解避孕方法的基本事实，包括高效的长效可逆避孕方法。我们的研究结果反映了澳大利亚年轻人接受的适度生殖和性健康教育，以及避孕套和口服避孕药作为默认避孕方法的文化规范，并强调有必要提高年轻人尤其是年轻男性对最有效避孕方法的认识。
